Full Text of HB5737 096th General Assembly
HB5737 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5737
Introduced 2/9/2010, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning the EMS Medical Directors Committee.
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A BILL FOR
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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 changing Section 3.30 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.30)
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| Sec. 3.30. EMS Region Plan; Content.
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| (a) The EMS Medical Directors Committee shall address
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| least the following:
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| (1) Protocols for inter-System/inter-Region
patient | 11 |
| transports, including identifying the the conditions of
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| emergency patients which may not be transported to the
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| different levels of emergency department, based on their
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| Department classifications and relevant Regional
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| considerations (e.g. transport times and distances);
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| (2) Regional standing medical orders;
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| (3) Patient transfer patterns, including criteria
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| determining whether a patient needs the specialized
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| services of a trauma center, along with protocols for the
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| bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma center or
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| regional trauma center which are consistent with | 22 |
| individual
System bypass or diversion protocols and | 23 |
| protocols for
patient choice or refusal;
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| (4) Protocols for resolving Regional or
Inter-System | 2 |
| conflict;
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| (5) An EMS disaster preparedness plan which
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| the actions and responsibilities of all EMS
participants | 5 |
| within the Region. Within 90 days of the effective date of | 6 |
| this
amendatory Act of 1996, an EMS System shall submit to | 7 |
| the Department for review
an internal disaster plan. At a | 8 |
| minimum, the plan shall include contingency
plans for the | 9 |
| transfer of patients to other facilities if an evacuation | 10 |
| of the
hospital becomes necessary due to a catastrophe, | 11 |
| including but not limited to, a
power failure;
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| (6) Regional standardization of continuing
education | 13 |
| requirements;
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| (7) Regional standardization of Do Not
Resuscitate | 15 |
| (DNR) policies, and protocols for power of
attorney for | 16 |
| health care;
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| (8) Protocols for disbursement of Department
grants; | 18 |
| and
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| (9) Protocols for the triage, treatment, and transport | 20 |
| of possible acute stroke patients. | 21 |
| (b) The Trauma Center Medical Directors or Trauma
Center | 22 |
| Medical Directors Committee shall address at least
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| following:
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| (1) The identification of Regional Trauma
Centers;
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| (2) Protocols for inter-System and inter-Region
trauma | 26 |
| patient transports, including identifying the
conditions |
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| of emergency patients which may not be
transported to the | 2 |
| different levels of emergency department,
based on their | 3 |
| Department classifications and relevant
Regional | 4 |
| considerations (e.g. transport times and
distances);
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| (3) Regional trauma standing medical orders;
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| (4) Trauma patient transfer patterns, including
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| criteria for determining whether a patient needs the
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| specialized services of a trauma center, along with
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| protocols for the bypassing of or diversion to any | 10 |
| hospital,
trauma center or regional trauma center which are | 11 |
| consistent
with individual System bypass or diversion | 12 |
| protocols and
protocols for patient choice or refusal;
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| (5) The identification of which types of patients
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| be cared for by Level I and Level II Trauma Centers;
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| (6) Criteria for inter-hospital transfer of
trauma | 16 |
| patients;
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| (7) The treatment of trauma patients in each
trauma | 18 |
| center within the Region;
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| (8) A program for conducting a quarterly
conference | 20 |
| which shall include at a minimum a discussion of
morbidity | 21 |
| and mortality between all professional staff
involved in | 22 |
| the care of trauma patients;
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| (9) The establishment of a Regional trauma
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| assurance and improvement subcommittee, consisting of
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| trauma surgeons, which shall perform periodic medical | 26 |
| audits
of each trauma center's trauma services, and forward
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| tabulated data from such reviews to the Department; and
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| (10) The establishment, within 90 days of the effective | 3 |
| date of this
amendatory Act of 1996, of an internal | 4 |
| disaster plan, which shall include, at a
minimum, | 5 |
| contingency plans for the transfer of patients to other | 6 |
| facilities if
an evacuation of the hospital becomes | 7 |
| necessary due to a catastrophe, including
but not limited | 8 |
| to, a power failure.
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| (c) The Region's EMS Medical Directors and Trauma
Center | 10 |
| Medical Directors Committees shall appoint any
subcommittees | 11 |
| which they deem necessary to address specific
issues concerning | 12 |
| Region activities.
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| (Source: P.A. 96-514, eff. 1-1-10.)
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