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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 649
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 649 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Treatment Act is amended | ||||||
| 5 | by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 70/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6151)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.
No hospital, physician, dentist or other provider | ||||||
| 8 | of professional
health care licensed under the laws of this | ||||||
| 9 | State may refuse to provide
needed emergency treatment to any | ||||||
| 10 | person whose life would be threatened
in the absence of such | ||||||
| 11 | treatment, because of that person's inability to
pay therefor, | ||||||
| 12 | nor because of the source of any payment promised therefor. | ||||||
| 13 | Every hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act shall | ||||||
| 14 | comply with the Hospital Emergency Service Act.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 83-723.)
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| 1 | Section 10. The Hospital Emergency Service Act is amended | ||||||
| 2 | by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| 3 | (210 ILCS 80/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 86)
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| 4 | Sec. 1.
Every hospital required to be licensed by the | ||||||
| 5 | Department of Public
Health pursuant to the Hospital Licensing | ||||||
| 6 | Act which provides general medical
and surgical
hospital | ||||||
| 7 | services shall provide a hospital emergency service in | ||||||
| 8 | accordance
with rules and regulations adopted by the Department | ||||||
| 9 | of Public Health which shall be consistent with the federal | ||||||
| 10 | Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (42 U.S.C. | ||||||
| 11 | 1395dd) and
shall furnish such hospital emergency services to | ||||||
| 12 | any applicant who applies
for the same in case of injury or | ||||||
| 13 | acute medical condition where the same is
liable to cause death | ||||||
| 14 | or severe injury or serious illness.
For purposes of this Act, | ||||||
| 15 | "applicant" includes any person who is brought
to a hospital by | ||||||
| 16 | ambulance or specialized emergency medical services
vehicle as | ||||||
| 17 | defined in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 86-1461.)
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.".
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