Full Text of SB1959 96th General Assembly
SB1959eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 | 5 |
| is amended by adding Section 3.86 as follows: | 6 |
| (210 ILCS 50/3.86 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 3.86. Stretcher van providers. | 8 |
| (a) In this Section, "stretcher van provider" means an | 9 |
| entity licensed by the Department to provide non-emergency | 10 |
| transportation of passengers on a stretcher in compliance with | 11 |
| this Act or the rules adopted by the Department pursuant to | 12 |
| this Act, utilizing stretcher vans. | 13 |
| (b) The Department has the authority and responsibility to | 14 |
| do the following: | 15 |
| (1) Require all stretcher van providers, both publicly | 16 |
| and privately owned, to be licensed by the Department. | 17 |
| (2) Establish licensing and safety standards and | 18 |
| requirements for stretcher van providers, through rules | 19 |
| adopted pursuant to this Act, including but not limited to: | 20 |
| (A) Vehicle design, specification, operation, and | 21 |
| maintenance standards. | 22 |
| (B) Safety equipment requirements and standards. | 23 |
| (C) Staffing requirements. |
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| (D) Annual license renewal. | 2 |
| (3) License all stretcher van providers that have met | 3 |
| the Department's requirements for licensure. | 4 |
| (4) Annually inspect all licensed stretcher van | 5 |
| providers, and relicense providers that have met the | 6 |
| Department's requirements for license renewal. | 7 |
| (5) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | 8 |
| renew the license of any stretcher van provider, or that | 9 |
| portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle | 10 |
| operated by a provider, after an opportunity for a hearing, | 11 |
| when findings show that the provider or one or more of its | 12 |
| vehicles has failed to comply with the standards and | 13 |
| requirements of this Act or the rules adopted by the | 14 |
| Department pursuant to this Act. | 15 |
| (6) Issue an emergency suspension order for any | 16 |
| provider or vehicle licensed under this Act when the | 17 |
| Director or his or her designee has determined that an | 18 |
| immediate or serious danger to the public health, safety, | 19 |
| and welfare exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings | 20 |
| that offer an opportunity for a hearing shall be promptly | 21 |
| initiated after the emergency suspension order has been | 22 |
| issued. | 23 |
| (7) Prohibit any stretcher van provider from | 24 |
| advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating | 25 |
| information in a false or misleading manner concerning the | 26 |
| provider's type and level of vehicles, location, response |
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| times, level of personnel, licensure status, or EMS System | 2 |
| participation. | 3 |
| (8) Charge each stretcher van provider a fee, to be | 4 |
| submitted with each application for licensure and license | 5 |
| renewal, which shall not exceed $25 per vehicle, up to $500 | 6 |
| per provider. | 7 |
| (c) A stretcher van provider may provide transport of a | 8 |
| passenger on a stretcher, provided the passenger meets all of | 9 |
| the following requirements: | 10 |
| (1) He or she needs no medical equipment, except | 11 |
| self-administered medications. | 12 |
| (2) He or she needs no medical monitoring or medical | 13 |
| observation. | 14 |
| (3) He or she needs routine transportation to or from a | 15 |
| medical appointment or service if the passenger is | 16 |
| convalescent or otherwise bed-confined and does not | 17 |
| require medical monitoring, aid, care, or treatment during | 18 |
| transport. | 19 |
| (d) A stretcher van provider may not transport a passenger | 20 |
| who meets any of the following conditions: | 21 |
| (1) He or she is currently admitted to a hospital or is | 22 |
| being transported to a hospital for admission or emergency | 23 |
| treatment. | 24 |
| (2) He or she is acutely ill, wounded, or medically | 25 |
| unstable as determined by a licensed physician. | 26 |
| (3) He or she is experiencing an emergency medical |
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| condition, an acute medical condition, an exacerbation of a | 2 |
| chronic medical condition, or a sudden illness or injury. | 3 |
| (4) He or she was administered a medication that might | 4 |
| prevent the passenger from caring for himself or herself. | 5 |
| (5) He or she was moved from one environment where | 6 |
| 24-hour medical monitoring or medical observation will | 7 |
| take place by certified or licensed nursing personnel to | 8 |
| another such environment. Such environments shall include, | 9 |
| but not be limited to, hospitals licensed under the | 10 |
| Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of | 11 |
| Illinois Hospital Act, and nursing facilities licensed | 12 |
| under the Nursing Home Care Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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