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Public Act 097-0209 |
HB1391 Enrolled | LRB097 05256 RPM 45308 b |
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AN ACT concerning health facilities.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act |
is amended by changing Section 3.225 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 50/3.225)
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Sec. 3.225. Trauma Center Fund.
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(a) The Department shall distribute 97.5% of 50% of
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moneys deposited into the Trauma Center Fund, a special
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the State Treasury, to Illinois hospitals that are
designated |
as trauma centers. The payments to those
hospitals shall be in |
addition to any other payments paid
and shall be in an amount |
calculated under paragraph (b) of
this Section.
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(b) Trauma payment calculation.
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(1) The Department shall implement an
accounting |
system to ensure that the moneys in the fund are
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distributed.
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(2) The moneys in the fund shall be allocated
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proportionately to each EMS region so that the EMS
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receives the moneys collected from within its region
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violations of laws or ordinances regulating the movement
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traffic. Under no circumstance shall money collected |
within one EMS region be redirected to another EMS region.
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