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91_HB3271

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  Emergency  Medical  Services  (EMS)
 2    Systems Act.

 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 changing Section 3.205 as follows:

 7        (210 ILCS 50/3.205)
 8        Sec. 3.205.  State Trauma Advisory Council.
 9        (a)  There  shall be established within the Department of
10    Public Health a State Trauma Advisory  Council,  which  shall
11    serve  as  an  advisory  body  to  the  Department on matters
12    related to trauma care and trauma centers.
13        (b)  Membership  of  the  Council   shall   include   one
14    representative  from each Regional Trauma Advisory Committee,
15    to be  appointed  by  each  Committee.   The  Governor  shall
16    appoint the following additional members:
17             (1)  An EMS Medical Director,
18             (2)  A trauma center medical director,
19             (3)  A trauma surgeon,
20             (4)  A trauma nurse coordinator,
21             (5)  A representative from a private vehicle service
22        provider,
23             (6)  A  representative from a public vehicle service
24        provider,
25             (7)  A member of the State EMS Advisory Council, and
26        .
27             (8)  Two  neurosurgeons,  one  whose   practice   is
28        located  in the City of Chicago and one whose practice is
29        located in Illinois, but outside the City of Chicago.
30        (c)  Of the members first appointed, 5 members  shall  be
31    appointed  for  a  term  of  one  year,  5  members  shall be
 
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 1    appointed for a term of 2 years, and  the  remaining  members
 2    shall  be  appointed  for  a  term  of 3 years.  The terms of
 3    subsequent appointees shall be 3 years.  All appointees shall
 4    serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
 5        (d)  The Council shall be provided  a  90-day  period  in
 6    which  to  review  and comment upon all rules proposed by the
 7    Department pursuant  to  this  Act  concerning  trauma  care,
 8    except  for  emergency rules adopted pursuant to Section 5-45
 9    of the Illinois Administrative  Procedure  Act.   The  90-day
10    review  and comment period may commence upon the Department's
11    submission of the proposed rules to  the  individual  Council
12    members,  if  the  Council  is  not  meeting  at the time the
13    proposed  rules  are   ready   for   Council   review.    Any
14    non-emergency  rules  adopted  prior  to the Council's 90-day
15    review and comment period shall be null  and  void.   If  the
16    Council  fails  to  advise  the  Department within its 90-day
17    review and comment period, the rule shall be considered acted
18    upon;
19        (e)  Council members shall be reimbursed  for  reasonable
20    travel  expenses  incurred  during  the  performance of their
21    duties under this Section.
22        (f)  The Department shall provide administrative  support
23    to  the Council for the preparation of the agenda and minutes
24    for Council meetings and distribution of  proposed  rules  to
25    Council members.
26        (g)  The  Council  shall  act pursuant to bylaws which it
27    adopts, which shall include the annual election  of  a  Chair
28    and Vice-Chair.
29        (h)  The Director or his designee shall be present at all
30    Council meetings.
31        (i)  Nothing  in  this Section shall preclude the Council
32    from reviewing and commenting on proposed  rules  which  fall
33    under the purview of the State EMS Advisory Council.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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