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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 2. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
5 | Section 5.723 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (30 ILCS 105/5.723 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 5.723. The Stretcher Van Licensure Fund. | ||||||
8 | Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act | ||||||
9 | is amended by adding Section 3.86 and changing Section 3.220 as | ||||||
10 | follows: | ||||||
11 | (210 ILCS 50/3.86 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 3.86. Stretcher van providers. | ||||||
13 | (a) In this Section, "stretcher van provider" means an | ||||||
14 | entity licensed by the Department to provide non-emergency | ||||||
15 | transportation of passengers on a stretcher in compliance with | ||||||
16 | this Act or the rules adopted by the Department pursuant to | ||||||
17 | this Act, utilizing stretcher vans. | ||||||
18 | (b) The Department has the authority and responsibility to | ||||||
19 | do the following: | ||||||
20 | (1) Require all stretcher van providers, both publicly | ||||||
21 | and privately owned, to be licensed by the Department. |
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1 | (2) Establish licensing and safety standards and | ||||||
2 | requirements for stretcher van providers, through rules | ||||||
3 | adopted pursuant to this Act, including but not limited to: | ||||||
4 | (A) Vehicle design, specification, operation, and | ||||||
5 | maintenance standards. | ||||||
6 | (B) Safety equipment requirements and standards. | ||||||
7 | (C) Staffing requirements. | ||||||
8 | (D) Annual license renewal. | ||||||
9 | (3) License all stretcher van providers that have met | ||||||
10 | the Department's requirements for licensure. | ||||||
11 | (4) Annually inspect all licensed stretcher van | ||||||
12 | providers, and relicense providers that have met the | ||||||
13 | Department's requirements for license renewal. | ||||||
14 | (5) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | ||||||
15 | renew the license of any stretcher van provider, or that | ||||||
16 | portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle | ||||||
17 | operated by a provider, after an opportunity for a hearing, | ||||||
18 | when findings show that the provider or one or more of its | ||||||
19 | vehicles has failed to comply with the standards and | ||||||
20 | requirements of this Act or the rules adopted by the | ||||||
21 | Department pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
22 | (6) Issue an emergency suspension order for any | ||||||
23 | provider or vehicle licensed under this Act when the | ||||||
24 | Director or his or her designee has determined that an | ||||||
25 | immediate or serious danger to the public health, safety, | ||||||
26 | and welfare exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings |
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1 | that offer an opportunity for a hearing shall be promptly | ||||||
2 | initiated after the emergency suspension order has been | ||||||
3 | issued. | ||||||
4 | (7) Prohibit any stretcher van provider from | ||||||
5 | advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating | ||||||
6 | information in a false or misleading manner concerning the | ||||||
7 | provider's type and level of vehicles, location, response | ||||||
8 | times, level of personnel, licensure status, or EMS System | ||||||
9 | participation. | ||||||
10 | (8) Charge each stretcher van provider a fee, to be | ||||||
11 | submitted with each application for licensure and license | ||||||
12 | renewal, which shall not exceed $25 per vehicle, up to $500 | ||||||
13 | per provider. | ||||||
14 | (c) A stretcher van provider may provide transport of a | ||||||
15 | passenger on a stretcher, provided the passenger meets all of | ||||||
16 | the following requirements: | ||||||
17 | (1) He or she needs no medical equipment, except | ||||||
18 | self-administered medications. | ||||||
19 | (2) He or she needs no medical monitoring or medical | ||||||
20 | observation. | ||||||
21 | (3) He or she needs routine transportation to or from a | ||||||
22 | medical appointment or service if the passenger is | ||||||
23 | convalescent or otherwise bed-confined and does not | ||||||
24 | require medical monitoring, aid, care, or treatment during | ||||||
25 | transport. | ||||||
26 | (d) A stretcher van provider may not transport a passenger |
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1 | who meets any of the following conditions: | ||||||
2 | (1) He or she is currently admitted to a hospital or is | ||||||
3 | being transported to a hospital for admission or emergency | ||||||
4 | treatment. | ||||||
5 | (2) He or she is acutely ill, wounded, or medically | ||||||
6 | unstable as determined by a licensed physician. | ||||||
7 | (3) He or she is experiencing an emergency medical | ||||||
8 | condition, an acute medical condition, an exacerbation of a | ||||||
9 | chronic medical condition, or a sudden illness or injury. | ||||||
10 | (4) He or she was administered a medication that might | ||||||
11 | prevent the passenger from caring for himself or herself. | ||||||
12 | (5) He or she was moved from one environment where | ||||||
13 | 24-hour medical monitoring or medical observation will | ||||||
14 | take place by certified or licensed nursing personnel to | ||||||
15 | another such environment. Such environments shall include, | ||||||
16 | but not be limited to, hospitals licensed under the | ||||||
17 | Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of | ||||||
18 | Illinois Hospital Act, and nursing facilities licensed | ||||||
19 | under the Nursing Home Care Act. | ||||||
20 | (e) The Stretcher Van Licensure Fund is created as a | ||||||
21 | special fund within the State treasury. All fees received by | ||||||
22 | the Department in connection with the licensure of stretcher | ||||||
23 | van providers under this Section shall be deposited into the | ||||||
24 | fund. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to appropriation to | ||||||
25 | the Department for use in implementing this Section.
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1 | (210 ILCS 50/3.220)
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2 | Sec. 3.220. EMS Assistance Fund.
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3 | (a) There is hereby created an "EMS Assistance
Fund" within | ||||||
4 | the State treasury, for the purpose of receiving
fines and fees | ||||||
5 | collected by the Illinois Department of
Health pursuant to this | ||||||
6 | Act.
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7 | (b) EMT licensure examination fees collected shall
be | ||||||
8 | distributed by the Department to the Resource Hospital of
the | ||||||
9 | EMS System in which the EMT candidate was educated, to
be used | ||||||
10 | for educational and related expenses incurred by the
System's | ||||||
11 | hospitals, as identified in the EMS System Program
Plan.
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12 | (c) All other moneys within this fund shall be
distributed | ||||||
13 | by the Department to the EMS Regions for
disbursement in | ||||||
14 | accordance with protocols established in the
EMS Region Plans, | ||||||
15 | for the purposes of organization,
development and improvement | ||||||
16 | of Emergency Medical Services
Systems, including but not | ||||||
17 | limited to training of personnel
and acquisition, modification | ||||||
18 | and maintenance of necessary
supplies, equipment and vehicles.
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19 | (d) All fees and fines collected pursuant to this
to this | ||||||
20 | Act shall be deposited into the EMS Assistance Fund , except | ||||||
21 | that all fees collected under Section 3.86 in connection with | ||||||
22 | the licensure of stretcher van providers shall be deposited | ||||||
23 | into the Stretcher Van Licensure Fund .
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24 | (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)
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25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
26 | becoming law.
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