Full Text of HB2777 98th General Assembly
HB2777sam001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. John M. Sullivan Filed: 4/26/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2777
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2777 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 3.85 as follows:
| 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.85)
| 7 | | Sec. 3.85. Vehicle Service Providers.
| 8 | | (a) "Vehicle Service Provider" means an entity
licensed by | 9 | | the Department to provide emergency or
non-emergency medical | 10 | | services in compliance with this Act,
the rules promulgated by | 11 | | the Department pursuant to this
Act, and an operational plan | 12 | | approved by its EMS System(s),
utilizing at least ambulances or | 13 | | specialized emergency
medical service vehicles (SEMSV).
| 14 | | (1) "Ambulance" means any publicly or
privately owned | 15 | | on-road vehicle that is specifically designed,
constructed | 16 | | or modified and equipped, and is intended to be
used for, |
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| 1 | | and is maintained or operated for the emergency
| 2 | | transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or
| 3 | | otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or the non-emergency
| 4 | | medical transportation of persons who require the presence
| 5 | | of medical personnel to monitor the individual's condition
| 6 | | or medical apparatus being used on such individuals.
| 7 | | (2) "Specialized Emergency Medical Services
Vehicle" | 8 | | or "SEMSV" means a vehicle or conveyance, other
than those | 9 | | owned or operated by the federal government, that
is | 10 | | primarily intended for use in transporting the sick or
| 11 | | injured by means of air, water, or ground transportation,
| 12 | | that is not an ambulance as defined in this Act. The term
| 13 | | includes watercraft, aircraft and special purpose ground
| 14 | | transport vehicles or conveyances not intended for use on
| 15 | | public roads.
| 16 | | (3) An ambulance or SEMSV may also be
designated as a | 17 | | Limited Operation Vehicle or Special-Use Vehicle:
| 18 | | (A) "Limited Operation Vehicle" means a
vehicle | 19 | | which is licensed by the Department to provide
basic, | 20 | | intermediate or advanced life support emergency or
| 21 | | non-emergency medical services that are exclusively | 22 | | limited
to specific events or locales.
| 23 | | (B) "Special-Use Vehicle" means any
publicly or | 24 | | privately owned vehicle that is specifically designed,
| 25 | | constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended | 26 | | to be
used for, and is maintained or operated solely |
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| 1 | | for the
emergency or non-emergency transportation of a | 2 | | specific
medical class or category of persons who are | 3 | | sick, injured,
wounded or otherwise incapacitated or | 4 | | helpless (e.g.
high-risk obstetrical patients, | 5 | | neonatal patients).
| 6 | | (C) "Reserve Ambulance" means a vehicle that meets | 7 | | all criteria set forth in this Section and all | 8 | | Department rules, except for the required inventory of | 9 | | medical supplies and durable medical equipment, which | 10 | | may be rapidly transferred from a fully functional | 11 | | ambulance to a reserve ambulance without the use of | 12 | | tools or special mechanical expertise. | 13 | | (b) The Department shall have the authority and
| 14 | | responsibility to:
| 15 | | (1) Require all Vehicle Service Providers, both
| 16 | | publicly and privately owned, to function within an EMS
| 17 | | System.
| 18 | | (2) Require a Vehicle Service Provider
utilizing | 19 | | ambulances to have a primary affiliation with an EMS System
| 20 | | within the EMS Region in which its Primary Service Area is
| 21 | | located, which is the geographic areas in which the | 22 | | provider
renders the majority of its emergency responses. | 23 | | This
requirement shall not apply to Vehicle Service | 24 | | Providers
which exclusively utilize Limited Operation | 25 | | Vehicles.
| 26 | | (3) Establish licensing standards and
requirements for |
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| 1 | | Vehicle Service Providers, through rules
adopted pursuant | 2 | | to this Act, including but not limited to:
| 3 | | (A) Vehicle design, specification,
operation and | 4 | | maintenance standards, including standards for the use | 5 | | of reserve ambulances;
| 6 | | (B) Equipment requirements;
| 7 | | (C) Staffing requirements; and
| 8 | | (D) License renewal at intervals determined by the | 9 | | Department, which shall be not less than every 4 years | 10 | | Annual license renewal . | 11 | | The Department's standards and requirements with | 12 | | respect to vehicle staffing must allow for an alternative | 13 | | rural staffing model for those vehicle service providers | 14 | | that serve a rural or semi-rural population of 10,000 or | 15 | | fewer inhabitants and exclusively uses volunteers, | 16 | | paid-on-call, or a combination thereof.
| 17 | | (4) License all Vehicle Service Providers
that have met | 18 | | the Department's requirements for licensure, unless
such | 19 | | Provider is owned or licensed by the federal
government. | 20 | | All Provider licenses issued by the Department
shall | 21 | | specify the level and type of each vehicle covered by
the | 22 | | license (BLS, ILS, ALS, ambulance, SEMSV, limited
| 23 | | operation vehicle, special use vehicle, reserve | 24 | | ambulance).
| 25 | | (5) Annually inspect all licensed vehicles operated by | 26 | | Vehicle
Service Providers , and relicense such Providers |
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| 1 | | that have met the
Department's requirements for license | 2 | | renewal .
| 3 | | (6) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to
renew | 4 | | the license of any Vehicle Service Provider, or that
| 5 | | portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle
| 6 | | operated by the Provider, after an opportunity for a
| 7 | | hearing, when findings show that the Provider or one or | 8 | | more
of its vehicles has failed to comply with the | 9 | | standards and
requirements of this Act or rules adopted by | 10 | | the Department
pursuant to this Act.
| 11 | | (7) Issue an Emergency Suspension Order for
any | 12 | | Provider or vehicle licensed under this Act, when the
| 13 | | Director or his designee has determined that an immediate
| 14 | | and serious danger to the public health, safety and welfare
| 15 | | exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings which offer | 16 | | an
opportunity for hearing shall be promptly initiated | 17 | | after
the Emergency Suspension Order has been issued.
| 18 | | (8) Exempt any licensed vehicle from
subsequent | 19 | | vehicle design standards or specifications required by the
| 20 | | Department, as long as said vehicle is continuously in
| 21 | | compliance with the vehicle design standards and
| 22 | | specifications originally applicable to that vehicle, or
| 23 | | until said vehicle's title of ownership is transferred.
| 24 | | (9) Exempt any vehicle (except an SEMSV)
which was | 25 | | being used as an ambulance on or before December 15,
1980, | 26 | | from vehicle design standards and specifications
required |
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| 1 | | by the Department, until said vehicle's title of
ownership | 2 | | is transferred. Such vehicles shall not be exempt
from all | 3 | | other licensing standards and requirements
prescribed by | 4 | | the Department.
| 5 | | (10) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider
from | 6 | | advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating
| 7 | | information in a false or misleading manner concerning the
| 8 | | Provider's type and level of vehicles, location, primary
| 9 | | service area, response times, level of personnel, | 10 | | licensure
status or System participation.
| 11 | | (10.5) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider, whether | 12 | | municipal, private, or hospital-owned, from advertising | 13 | | itself as a critical care transport provider unless it | 14 | | participates in a Department-approved EMS System critical | 15 | | care transport plan.
| 16 | | (11) Charge each Vehicle Service Provider a
fee per | 17 | | transport vehicle, due annually at time of inspection to be | 18 | | submitted with each application for licensure and
license | 19 | | renewal . The fee per transport vehicle shall be set by | 20 | | administrative rule by the Department and shall not exceed | 21 | | 100 vehicles per provider.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-1469, eff. 1-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; | 23 | | 97-1014, eff. 1-1-13.)".
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