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1 AN ACT to amend the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
2 Systems Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
6 Act is amended by changing Section 3.205 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 50/3.205)
8 Sec. 3.205. State Trauma Advisory Council.
9 (a) There shall be established within the Department of
10 Public Health a State Trauma Advisory Council, which shall
11 serve as an advisory body to the Department on matters
12 related to trauma care and trauma centers.
13 (b) Membership of the Council shall include one
14 representative from each Regional Trauma Advisory Committee,
15 to be appointed by each Committee. The Governor shall
16 appoint the following additional members:
17 (1) An EMS Medical Director,
18 (2) A trauma center medical director,
19 (3) A trauma surgeon,
20 (4) A trauma nurse coordinator,
21 (5) A representative from a private vehicle service
22 provider,
23 (6) A representative from a public vehicle service
24 provider,
25 (7) A member of the State EMS Advisory Council, and
26 .
27 (8) A neurosurgeon.
28 (c) Of the members first appointed, 5 members shall be
29 appointed for a term of one year, 5 members shall be
30 appointed for a term of 2 years, and the remaining members
31 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The terms of
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1 subsequent appointees shall be 3 years. All appointees shall
2 serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
3 (d) The Council shall be provided a 90-day period in
4 which to review and comment upon all rules proposed by the
5 Department pursuant to this Act concerning trauma care,
6 except for emergency rules adopted pursuant to Section 5-45
7 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The 90-day
8 review and comment period may commence upon the Department's
9 submission of the proposed rules to the individual Council
10 members, if the Council is not meeting at the time the
11 proposed rules are ready for Council review. Any
12 non-emergency rules adopted prior to the Council's 90-day
13 review and comment period shall be null and void. If the
14 Council fails to advise the Department within its 90-day
15 review and comment period, the rule shall be considered acted
16 upon;
17 (e) Council members shall be reimbursed for reasonable
18 travel expenses incurred during the performance of their
19 duties under this Section.
20 (f) The Department shall provide administrative support
21 to the Council for the preparation of the agenda and minutes
22 for Council meetings and distribution of proposed rules to
23 Council members.
24 (g) The Council shall act pursuant to bylaws which it
25 adopts, which shall include the annual election of a Chair
26 and Vice-Chair.
27 (h) The Director or his designee shall be present at all
28 Council meetings.
29 (i) Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Council
30 from reviewing and commenting on proposed rules which fall
31 under the purview of the State EMS Advisory Council.
32 (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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1 becoming law.
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