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90_SB0502

      210 ILCS 50/3.242 new
          Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems  Act.
      Provides  that  a patient or the patient's representative may
      designate  the  hospital  to  which  the  patient   will   be
      transported if transportation to the designated hospital will
      not increase the risk to the patient.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
 2    Systems Act by adding Section 3.242.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
 6    Act is amended by adding Section 3.242 as follows:
 7        (210 ILCS 50/3.242 new)
 8        Sec.  3.242.  Destination   determination.   When   being
 9    transported by ambulance for emergency treatment, the patient
10    or  patient's  representative  may  designate the hospital to
11    which the patient is to  be  transported  provided  that  the
12    hospital  is  equipped  to  adequately  provide the emergency
13    treatment and transportation to the designated hospital  will
14    not increase the risk to the patient.

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