SB1893 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1893

Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 50/3.88 new

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that a volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad providing ambulance services that is licensed by the Department of Public Health to provide emergency and non-emergency medical services under the Act may not be required to transfer an individual that is being provided with ambulance services to a private vehicle service provider except in certain circumstances. Provides that a volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad that is licensed by the Department to provide emergency and non-emergency medical services under the Act may not be required to pay to a private vehicle service provider for ambulance services more than the volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad collects for ambulance services under the State's Medical Assistance Program as provided in specified provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code, or is reimbursed by a private insurer for providing ambulance services.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act is amended by adding Section 3.88 as follows:

(210 ILCS 50/3.88 new)

Sec. 3.88. Volunteer emergency medical services teams; volunteer rescue squads. A volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad providing ambulance services that is licensed by the Department to provide emergency and non-emergency medical services under this Act may not be required to transfer an individual that is being provided with ambulance services to a private vehicle service provider unless:

(1) the individual being transported requires care, including, but not limited to, advanced life support services, that the volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad is unable to provide; or

(2) the volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad is not reasonably able to complete the transport due to unforeseen circumstances including, but not limited to, an equipment failure, motor vehicle accident, or motor vehicle malfunction.

A volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad that is licensed by the Department to provide emergency and non-emergency medical services under this Act may not be required to pay to a private vehicle service provider for ambulance services more than the volunteer emergency medical services team or volunteer rescue squad (1) collects for ambulance services under the State's Medical Assistance Program as provided in Section 5-4.2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, or (2) is reimbursed by a private insurer for providing ambulance services.