Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
Filed: 3/25/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 667




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 667 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems 
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Act is amended  by changing Section 3.60 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 50/3.60)



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    Sec. 3.60. First Responder. 

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    (a) "First Responder" means a person who has
successfully 
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completed a course of instruction in emergency
first response 
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as prescribed by the Department, who provides
first response 
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services  prior to the arrival of an
ambulance or specialized 
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emergency medical services vehicle,
in accordance with the 
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level of care established in the
emergency first response 
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course.  A First Responder who
provides such services as part of 
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an EMS System response
plan which utilizes First Responders as 
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the personnel
dispatched to the scene of an emergency to 
 


 






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provide initial
emergency medical care shall comply with the 
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applicable
sections of the Program Plan of that EMS System. A 
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First Responder must be 16 years of age or older. 

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    Persons who have already completed a course of
instruction 
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in emergency first response based on or
equivalent to the 
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national curriculum of the United States
Department of 
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Transportation, or as otherwise previously
recognized by the 
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Department, shall be considered First
Responders on the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995.

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    (b) The Department shall have the authority and

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responsibility to: 


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        (1) Prescribe education requirements for the
First 
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    Responder, which meet or exceed the national
curriculum of 
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    the United States Department of
Transportation, through 
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    rules adopted pursuant to this Act.


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        (2) Prescribe a standard set of equipment for
use 
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    during first response services.  An individual First

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    Responder shall not be required to maintain his or her own 
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    set of
such equipment, provided he or she has access to 
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    such equipment
during a first response call.


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        (3) Require the First Responder to notify the

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    Department of any EMS System in which he or she 
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    participates as
dispatched personnel as described in 
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    subsection (a).


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        (4) Require the First Responder to comply with
the 
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    applicable sections of the Program Plans for those
Systems.


 


 






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        (5) Require the First Responder to keep the
Department 
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    currently informed as to who employs him or her and who 
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    supervises
his or her activities as a First Responder.


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        (6) Establish a mechanism for phasing in the
First 
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    Responder requirements over a 5-year period.

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(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".