98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4523

 

Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 50/3.87

    Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that if the Department of Public Health approves a service upgrade for an ambulance service provider that serves a rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants, then the ambulance service provider is authorized to operate at the highest level of EMT license or Pre-Hospital RN certification (currently, highest level of EMT license) held by any person staffing the ambulance.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act
5is amended by changing Section 3.87 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 50/3.87)
7    Sec. 3.87. Ambulance service upgrades; rural population.
8    (a) In this Section, "rural ambulance service provider"
9means an ambulance service provider licensed under this Act
10that serves a rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants.
11    (b) A rural ambulance service provider may submit a
12proposal to the EMS System Medical Director requesting approval
13of either or both of the following:
14        (1) Rural ambulance service provider in-field service
15    level upgrade.
16            (A) An ambulance operated by a rural ambulance
17        service provider may be upgraded, as defined by the EMS
18        System Medical Director in a policy or procedure, as
19        long as the EMS System Medical Director and the
20        Department have approved the proposal, to the highest
21        level of EMT license (advanced life support/paramedic,
22        intermediate life support, or basic life support) or
23        Pre-Hospital RN certification held by any person

 

 

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1        staffing that ambulance. The ambulance service
2        provider's proposal for an upgrade must include all of
3        the following:
4                (i) The manner in which the provider will
5            secure advanced life support equipment, supplies,
6            and medications.
7                (ii) The type of quality assurance the
8            provider will perform.
9                (iii) An assurance that the provider will
10            advertise only the level of care that can be
11            provided 24 hours a day.
12            (B) If a rural ambulance service provider is
13        approved to provide an in-field service level upgrade
14        based on the licensed personnel on the vehicle, all the
15        advanced life support medical supplies, durable
16        medical equipment, and medications must be secured and
17        locked with access by only the personnel who have been
18        authorized by the EMS System Medical Director to
19        utilize those supplies.
20            (C) The EMS System shall routinely perform quality
21        assurance, in compliance with the EMS System's quality
22        assurance plan approved by the Department, on in-field
23        service level upgrades authorized under this Section
24        to ensure compliance with the EMS System plan.
25        (2) Rural ambulance service provider in-field service
26    level upgrade. The EMS System Medical Director may define

 

 

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1    what constitutes an in-field service level upgrade through
2    an EMS System policy or procedure. An in-field service
3    level upgrade may include, but need not be limited to, an
4    upgrade to a licensed ambulance, alternate response
5    vehicle as defined by the Department in rules, or
6    specialized emergency medical services vehicle.
7    (c) If the EMS System Medical Director approves a proposal
8for a rural in-field service level upgrade under this Section,
9he or she shall submit the proposal to the Department along
10with a statement of approval signed by him or her. Once the
11Department has approved the proposal, the rural ambulance
12service provider will be authorized to function at the highest
13level of EMT license (advanced life support/paramedic,
14intermediate life support, or basic life support) or
15Pre-Hospital RN certification held by any person staffing the
16vehicle.
17(Source: P.A. 98-608, eff. 12-27-13.)