96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5737


 
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 








210 ILCS 50/3.30










     Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning the EMS Medical Directors Committee.
  















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A BILL FOR









 




  






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    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
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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 
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is amended  by changing Section 3.30 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 50/3.30)



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    Sec. 3.30. EMS Region Plan; Content. 

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    (a) The EMS Medical Directors Committee shall address
at 
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least the following:


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        (1) Protocols for inter-System/inter-Region
patient 
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    transports, including identifying the the conditions of

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    emergency patients which may not be transported to the

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    different levels of emergency department, based on their

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    Department classifications and relevant Regional

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    considerations (e.g. transport times and distances);


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        (2) Regional standing medical orders;


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        (3) Patient transfer patterns, including criteria
for 
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    determining whether a patient needs the specialized

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    services of a trauma center, along with protocols for the

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    bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma center or

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    regional trauma center which are consistent with 
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    individual
System bypass or diversion protocols and 
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    protocols for
patient choice or refusal;


 


 






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        (4) Protocols for resolving Regional or
Inter-System 
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    conflict;


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        (5) An EMS disaster preparedness plan which
includes 
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    the actions and responsibilities of all EMS
participants 
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    within the Region.  Within 90 days of the effective date of 
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    this
amendatory Act of 1996, an EMS System shall submit to 
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    the Department for review
an internal disaster plan.  At a 
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    minimum, the plan shall include contingency
plans for the 
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    transfer of patients to other facilities if an evacuation 
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    of the
hospital becomes necessary due to a catastrophe, 
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    including but not limited to, a
power failure;


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        (6) Regional standardization of continuing
education 
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    requirements;


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        (7) Regional standardization of Do Not
Resuscitate 
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    (DNR) policies, and protocols for power of
attorney for 
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    health care;


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        (8) Protocols for disbursement of Department
grants; 
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    and

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        (9) Protocols for the triage, treatment, and transport 
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    of possible acute stroke patients. 
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    (b) The Trauma Center Medical Directors or Trauma
Center 
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Medical Directors Committee shall address at least
the 
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following:


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        (1) The identification of Regional Trauma
Centers;


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        (2) Protocols for inter-System and inter-Region
trauma 
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    patient transports, including identifying the
conditions 
 


 






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    of emergency patients which may not be
transported to the 
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    different levels of emergency department,
based on their 
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    Department classifications and relevant
Regional 
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    considerations (e.g. transport times and
distances);


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        (3) Regional trauma standing medical orders;


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        (4) Trauma patient transfer patterns, including

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    criteria for determining whether a patient needs the

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    specialized services of a trauma center, along with

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    protocols for the bypassing of or diversion to any 
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    hospital,
trauma center or regional trauma center which are 
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    consistent
with individual System bypass or diversion 
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    protocols and
protocols for patient choice or refusal;


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        (5) The identification of which types of patients
can 
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    be cared for by Level I and Level II Trauma Centers;


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        (6) Criteria for inter-hospital transfer of
trauma 
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    patients;


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        (7) The treatment of trauma patients in each
trauma 
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    center within the Region;


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        (8) A program for conducting a quarterly
conference 
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    which shall include at a minimum a discussion of
morbidity 
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    and mortality between all professional staff
involved in 
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    the care of trauma patients;


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        (9) The establishment of a Regional trauma
quality 
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    assurance and improvement subcommittee, consisting of

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    trauma surgeons, which shall perform periodic medical 
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    audits
of each trauma center's trauma services, and forward

 


 






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    tabulated data from such reviews to the Department; and


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        (10) The establishment, within 90 days of the effective 
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    date of this
amendatory Act of 1996, of an internal 
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    disaster plan, which shall include, at a
minimum, 
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    contingency plans for the transfer of patients to other 
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    facilities if
an evacuation of the hospital becomes 
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    necessary due to a catastrophe, including
but not limited 
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    to, a power failure.

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    (c) The Region's EMS Medical Directors and Trauma
Center 
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Medical Directors Committees shall appoint any
subcommittees 
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which they deem necessary to address specific
issues concerning 
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Region activities.

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(Source: P.A. 96-514, eff. 1-1-10.)