Public Act 103-0658
 
HB3886 EnrolledLRB103 31026 JDS 57644 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
amended by adding Section 2310-257 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-257 new)
    Sec. 2310-257. Crisis standards of care plan.
    (a) The Department shall develop and implement a crisis 
standards of care plan as an annex to the Department of Public 
Health's Essential Support Function (ESF-8) Plan for Public 
Health and Medical Services, to assist health care facilities 
and provide support in situations in which local medical 
resources are overwhelmed, including, but not limited to, 
public health emergencies, as that term is defined in Section 
4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. 
    (b) In developing a crisis standards of care plan, the 
Department shall: 
        (1) collaborate with the entities listed in Sections 
    2310-50.5 and 2310-620 of the Department of Public Health 
    Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of 
    Illinois;
        (2) ensure the crisis standards of care plan addresses 
    situations in which a conventional response moves to a 
    crisis response and key resources may be affected;
        (3) establish a multi-disciplinary planning committee 
    with representation from the following, as applicable:
            (A) the Department and local public health 
        agencies;
            (B) emergency medical services;
            (C) healthcare providers and facilities, including 
        representation of rural, urban, and critical access 
        and municipal healthcare providers and facilities;
            (D) medical ethicists;
            (E) healthcare coalitions, including, but not 
        limited to, a statewide association representing 
        hospitals; and
            (F) other members from across the State with 
        expertise within their disciplines, as necessary, to 
        inform and develop an emergency medical disaster plan;
        (4) conduct literature reviews to develop an 
    inclusive, culturally sensitive, and ethical framework for 
    the Emergency Medical Disaster Plan Crisis Standards of 
    Care Annex, which considers, among other factors, ethical 
    healthcare decision making, health equity, and social 
    determinants of health, and the equitable distribution of 
    patients and critical healthcare resources in a manner 
    that, to the maximum extent possible and given resources 
    available at the time, reduces shortages of healthcare 
    resources to preserve lives during a public health 
    emergency; and
        (5) disseminate the crisis standards of care plan 
    among healthcare providers and facilities, emergency 
    management officials, public safety communities, and other 
    stakeholders, including, but not limited to, disseminating 
    information about, and gathering feedback on, the 
    emergency medical disaster plan, including gathering 
    general information and data, assessing regional needs, 
    perspectives, specific capabilities and potential 
    challenges, to ensure a structured, ethical, culturally 
    sensitive, and integrated framework and approach to 
    equitable distribution of resources during public health 
    emergencies. 
    (c) The Department may adopt rules necessary to implement 
this Section.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.