Bill Text: IL HB4282 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that nothing in the Act, or any rules adopted by the Department of Public Health under the Act, shall be construed to counteract a provision of the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act providing that no person's rights, privileges, or access to services may be denied or abridged solely because he or she is homeless.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4282 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4282-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 3.155 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 50/3.155)
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| 7 | Sec. 3.155. General Provisions.
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| 8 | (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System
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| 9 | be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the
EMS Medical | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Director or his designee.
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| 11 | (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or
non-emergency | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | medical transport, in which the physician from the sending
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| 13 | hospital provides the EMS personnel with written medical
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| 14 | orders, such written medical orders cannot exceed the scope
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| 15 | care which the EMS personnel are authorized to render
pursuant | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | to this Act.
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| 17 | (c) For an inter-hospital emergency or
non-emergency | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | medical transport of a patient who requires medical care
beyond | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the scope of care which the EMS personnel are
authorized to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | render pursuant to this Act, a qualified
physician, nurse, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | perfusionist, or respiratory therapist
familiar with the scope | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | of care needed must accompany the
patient and the transferring | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | hospital and physician shall
assume medical responsibility for | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | that portion of the
medical care.
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| 2 | (d) No emergency medical services vehicles or
personnel | ||||||
| 3 | from another State or nation may be utilized on a
regular basis | ||||||
| 4 | to pick up and transport patients within this
State without | ||||||
| 5 | first complying with this Act and all rules
adopted by the | ||||||
| 6 | Department pursuant to this Act.
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| 7 | (e) This Act shall not prevent emergency medical
services | ||||||
| 8 | vehicles or personnel from another State or nation
from | ||||||
| 9 | rendering requested assistance in this State in a
disaster | ||||||
| 10 | situation, or operating from a location outside the
State and | ||||||
| 11 | occasionally transporting patients into this State
for needed | ||||||
| 12 | medical care. Except as provided in Section 31
of this Act, | ||||||
| 13 | this Act shall not provide immunity from
liability for such | ||||||
| 14 | activities.
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| 15 | (f) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this
Section, | ||||||
| 16 | no person or entity shall transport emergency or
non-emergency | ||||||
| 17 | patients by ambulance, SEMSV, or medical
carrier without first | ||||||
| 18 | complying with the provisions of this
Act and all rules adopted | ||||||
| 19 | pursuant to this Act.
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| 20 | (g) Nothing in this Act or the rules adopted by the | ||||||
| 21 | Department under this
Act shall be construed to authorize any | ||||||
| 22 | medical treatment to or transportation
of any person who | ||||||
| 23 | objects on religious grounds.
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| 24 | (h) Patients, individuals who accompany a patient, and | ||||||
| 25 | emergency medical
services personnel may not smoke while inside | ||||||
| 26 | an ambulance or SEMSV. The
Department of Public Health may | ||||||
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| 1 | impose a civil penalty on an individual who
violates
this
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| 2 | subsection in the amount of $100. | ||||||
| 3 | (i) Nothing in this Act, or any rules adopted by the | ||||||
| 4 | Department under this Act, shall be construed to counteract | ||||||
| 5 | Section 10 of the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)
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