(210 ILCS 50/3.260)

Sec. 3.260. Emergency Medical Services bridge programs.

(a) As used in this Section, "stakeholders" include, but are not limited to, members representing private ground ambulance providers throughout this State representing for-profit and nonprofit rural and urban ground ambulance providers; the State Board of Education, the Illinois Community College Systems, and the University of Illinois Systems; the Illinois Board of Higher Education; and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

(b) The Department of Public Health shall facilitate gathering stakeholders to review and provide recommendations on the development of bridge programs that encourage and allow individuals licensed as certified nursing assistants to transition to careers as EMS personnel and a bridge program that encourages and allows EMS personnel to transition to careers as nursing professionals licensed under the Nurse Practice Act.

(Source: P.A. 104-362, eff. 8-15-25.)