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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB2216 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new | | 70 ILCS 705/11n new | |
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Amends the Fire Protection District Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities and fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the municipality or fire protection district may require a facility to enter into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality or fire protection district for the costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal or district personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability payments, and pension payments for injured personnel, but provides that any such agreement does not relieve the municipality or fire protection district of a statutory or contractual obligation it may have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. Contains provisions relating to third-party claims and intervention in a suit relating to claims made by a municipal or fire protection district employee for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered.
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| | HB2216 | | LRB103 00169 AWJ 45175 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
5 | | adding Section 11-6-12 as follows: |
6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new) |
7 | | Sec. 11-6-12. Reimbursement for lift-assist services. |
8 | | (a) For purposes of this Section, the term "lift-assist |
9 | | service" means a response to an independent living facility, |
10 | | assisted living facility, nursing home facility, or other |
11 | | similar congregate care facility, by personnel of a fire |
12 | | department, emergency response unit, or a unit of another |
13 | | public safety department providing automatic or mutual aid to |
14 | | a municipality, in order to lift a patient or other individual |
15 | | from the individual's current position to a desired position. |
16 | | "Lift-assist service" does not include a response to a request |
17 | | for transportation via ambulance to a health care facility. |
18 | | (b) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect reasonable |
19 | | fees from independent living facilities, assisted living |
20 | | facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar |
21 | | congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services |
22 | | rendered by a municipal fire department, firefighter, |
23 | | emergency response unit, or public safety employee of a |