Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB2336

HB2336 Enrolled LRB104 06037 RTM 16070 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-6-12 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new)

Sec. 11-6-12. Reimbursement for lift-assist services.

(a) As used in this Section, "lift-assist service" means a response to an assisted living facility or nursing home facility by personnel of a fire department, an emergency response unit, or a unit of another public safety department providing automatic or mutual aid to a municipality, in order to lift a patient or other individual from the individual's current position to a desired position. "Lift-assist service" does not include lifting a patient or other individual during a response to a request for transportation to a health care facility such as a hospital or emergency room.

(b) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an assisted living facility or nursing home facility for every lift-assist service after the 6th lift assist service provided to that assisted living facility or nursing home facility that year rendered by a municipal fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, or public safety employee of a municipal department in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by adding Section 11n as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/11n new)

Sec. 11n. Reimbursement for lift-assist services.

(a) As used in this Section, "lift-assist service" means a response to an assisted living facility or nursing home facility by personnel of a fire protection district, in order to lift a patient or other individual from the individual's current position to a desired position. "Lift-assist service" does not include lifting a patient or other individual during a response to a request for transportation to a health care facility such as a hospital or emergency room.

(b) A fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an assisted living facility or nursing home facility for every lift-assist service after the 6th lift assist service provided to that assisted living facility or nursing home facility that year rendered by the fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.