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Rep. Angelo Saviano
Filed: 10/4/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 149
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 149, AS AMENDED, |
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| immediately above Section 7, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 6. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
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| Act is amended by changing Section 32.5 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 50/32.5)
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| Sec. 32.5. Freestanding Emergency Center.
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| (a) The
Until June 30, 2009, the Department shall issue an |
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| annual Freestanding Emergency Center (FEC)
license to any |
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| facility that has submitted a letter of intent to the Illinois |
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| Health Facilities Planning Board by February 1, 2008, and that:
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| (1) is located: (A) in a municipality with
a population
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| of 75,000 or fewer inhabitants; (B) within 20 miles of the
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| hospital that owns or controls the FEC; and (C) within 20 |
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| miles of the Resource
Hospital affiliated with the FEC as |
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| part of the EMS System;
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| (2) is wholly owned or controlled by an Associate or |
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| Resource Hospital,
but is not a part of the hospital's |
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| physical plant;
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| (3) meets the standards for licensed FECs, adopted by |
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| rule of the
Department, including, but not limited to:
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| (A) facility design, specification, operation, and |
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| maintenance
standards;
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| (B) equipment standards; and
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| (C) the number and qualifications of emergency |
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| medical personnel and
other staff, which must include |
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| at least one board certified emergency
physician |
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| present at the FEC 24 hours per day.
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| (4) limits its participation in the EMS System strictly |
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| to receiving a
limited number of BLS runs by emergency |
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| medical vehicles according to protocols
developed by the |
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| Resource Hospital within the FEC's
designated EMS System |
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| and approved by the Project Medical Director and the
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| Department;
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| (5) provides comprehensive emergency treatment |
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| services, as defined in the
rules adopted by the Department |
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| pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act, 24
hours per day, |
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| on an outpatient basis;
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| (6) provides an ambulance and
maintains on site |
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| ambulance services staffed with paramedics 24 hours per |
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| day;
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| (7) maintains helicopter landing capabilities approved |
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| by appropriate
State and federal authorities;
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| (8) complies with all State and federal patient rights |
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| provisions,
including, but not limited to, the Emergency |
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| Medical Treatment Act and the
federal Emergency
Medical |
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| Treatment and Active Labor Act;
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| (9) maintains a communications system that is fully |
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| integrated with
its Resource Hospital within the FEC's |
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| designated EMS System;
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| (10) reports to the Department any patient transfers |
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| from the FEC to a
hospital within 48 hours of the transfer |
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| plus any other
data
determined to be relevant by the |
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| Department;
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| (11) submits to the Department, on a quarterly basis, |
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| the FEC's morbidity
and mortality rates for patients |
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| treated at the FEC and other data determined
to be relevant |
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| by the Department;
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| (12) does not describe itself or hold itself out to the |
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| general public as
a full service hospital or hospital |
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| emergency department in its advertising or
marketing
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| activities;
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| (13) complies with any other rules adopted by the
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| Department
under this Act that relate to FECs;
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| (14) passes the Department's site inspection for |
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| compliance with the FEC
requirements of this Act;
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| (15) submits a copy of the permit issued by
the |
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| Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board indicating that |
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| the facility has complied with the Illinois Health |
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| Facilities Planning Act with respect to the health services |
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| to be provided at the facility;
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| (16) submits an application for designation as an FEC |
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| in a manner and form
prescribed by the Department by rule; |
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| and
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| (17) pays the annual license fee as determined by the |
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| Department by
rule.
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| (b) The Department shall:
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| (1) annually inspect facilities of initial FEC |
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| applicants and licensed
FECs, and issue
annual licenses to |
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| or annually relicense FECs that
satisfy the Department's |
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| licensure requirements as set forth in subsection (a);
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| (2) suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to |
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| renew the license of
any
FEC, after notice and an |
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| opportunity for a hearing, when the Department finds
that |
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| the FEC has failed to comply with the standards and |
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| requirements of the
Act or rules adopted by the Department |
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| under the
Act;
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| (3) issue an Emergency Suspension Order for any FEC |
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| when the
Director or his or her designee has determined |
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| that the continued operation of
the FEC poses an immediate |
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| and serious danger to
the public health, safety, and |
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| welfare.
An opportunity for a
hearing shall be promptly |
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| initiated after an Emergency Suspension Order has
been |
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| issued; and
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