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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB0693 Introduced 2/25/2021, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that when a patient has been determined by EMS personnel to (1) have no immediate life-threatening injuries or illness, (2) not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol, (3) have no immediate or obvious need for transport to an emergency department, and (4) have an immediate need for transport to an EMS System-approved mental health facility, the EMS personnel may contact Online Medical Control or his or her EMS Medical Director or Emergency Communication Registered Nurse to request bypass or diversion of the closest emergency department and request transport to the closest or appropriate EMS System-approved mental health facility.
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| | SB0693 | | LRB102 04346 CPF 14364 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 3.155 as follows:
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6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.155)
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7 | | Sec. 3.155. General Provisions.
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8 | | (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System
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9 | | be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the
EMS |
10 | | Medical Director or his designee.
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11 | | (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or
non-emergency |
12 | | medical transport, in which the physician from the sending
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13 | | hospital provides the EMS personnel with written medical
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14 | | orders, such written medical orders cannot exceed the scope
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15 | | care which the EMS personnel are authorized to render
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16 | | to this Act.
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17 | | (c) For an inter-hospital emergency or
non-emergency |
18 | | medical transport of a patient who requires medical care
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19 | | beyond the scope of care which the EMS personnel are
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20 | | authorized to render pursuant to this Act, a qualified
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21 | | physician, nurse, perfusionist, or respiratory therapist
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22 | | familiar with the scope of care needed must accompany the
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23 | | patient and the transferring hospital and physician shall
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