Bill Text: IL SB0693 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that when a patient has been determined by EMS personnel to (1) have no immediate life-threatening injuries or illness, (2) not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, (3) have no immediate or obvious need for transport to an emergency department, and (4) have an immediate need for transport to an EMS System-approved mental health facility, the EMS personnel may contact Online Medical Control or his or her EMS Medical Director or Emergency Communication Registered Nurse to request bypass or diversion of the closest emergency department and request transport to the closest or appropriate EMS System-approved mental health facility.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-4)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0623 [SB0693 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0693-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that when a patient has been determined by EMS personnel to (1) have no immediate life-threatening injuries or illness, (2) not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, (3) have no immediate or obvious need for transport to an emergency department, and (4) have an immediate need for transport to an EMS System-approved mental health facility, the EMS personnel may contact Online Medical Control or his or her EMS Medical Director or Emergency Communication Registered Nurse to request bypass or diversion of the closest emergency department and request transport to the closest or appropriate EMS System-approved mental health facility.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-4)
Status: (Passed) 2021-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0623 [SB0693 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB0693-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 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Act 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
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10 | Medical 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
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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
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19 | beyond the scope of care which the EMS personnel are
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20 | authorized to render pursuant to this Act, a qualified
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21 | physician, nurse, perfusionist, or respiratory therapist
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22 | familiar with the scope of care needed must accompany the
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23 | patient and the transferring hospital and physician shall
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1 | assume medical responsibility for that portion of the
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2 | care.
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3 | (d) No emergency medical services vehicles or
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4 | from another State or nation may be utilized on a
regular basis | ||||||
5 | to pick up and transport patients within this
State without | ||||||
6 | first complying with this Act and all rules
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7 | Department pursuant to this Act.
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8 | (e) This Act shall not prevent emergency medical
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9 | vehicles or personnel from another State or nation
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10 | rendering requested assistance in this State in a
disaster | ||||||
11 | situation, or operating from a location outside the
State and | ||||||
12 | occasionally transporting patients into this State
for needed | ||||||
13 | medical care. Except as provided in Section 31
of this Act, | ||||||
14 | this Act shall not provide immunity from
liability for such | ||||||
15 | activities.
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16 | (f) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this
Section, | ||||||
17 | no person or entity shall transport emergency or
non-emergency | ||||||
18 | patients by ambulance, SEMSV, or medical
carrier without first | ||||||
19 | complying with the provisions of this
Act and all rules | ||||||
20 | adopted pursuant to this Act.
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21 | (g) Nothing in this Act or the rules adopted by the | ||||||
22 | Department under this
Act shall be construed to authorize any | ||||||
23 | medical treatment to or transportation
of any person who | ||||||
24 | objects on religious grounds.
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25 | (h) Patients, individuals who accompany a patient, and | ||||||
26 | emergency medical
services personnel may not smoke while |
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1 | inside an ambulance or SEMSV. The
Department of Public Health | ||||||
2 | may impose a civil penalty on an individual who
violates
this
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3 | subsection in the amount of $100.
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4 | (i) When a patient has been determined by EMS personnel to | ||||||
5 | (1) have no immediate life-threatening injuries or illness, | ||||||
6 | (2) not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, (3) have no | ||||||
7 | immediate or obvious need for transport to an emergency | ||||||
8 | department, and (4) have an immediate need for transport to an | ||||||
9 | EMS System-approved mental health facility, the EMS personnel | ||||||
10 | may contact Online Medical Control or his or her EMS Medical | ||||||
11 | Director or Emergency Communication Registered Nurse to | ||||||
12 | request bypass or diversion of the closest emergency | ||||||
13 | department, as outlined in paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of | ||||||
14 | Section 3.20, and request transport to the closest or | ||||||
15 | appropriate EMS System-approved mental health facility. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)
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