Bill Amendment: IL SB0761 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH
Status: 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0547 [SB0761 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0761-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: REGULATION-TECH
Status: 2023-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0547 [SB0761 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0761-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 761
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 761 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | ||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Sections 3.20, 3.65, and 3.85 and by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 3.22 as follows:
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7 | (210 ILCS 50/3.20)
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8 | Sec. 3.20. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems. | ||||||
9 | (a) "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System" means an
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10 | organization of hospitals, vehicle service providers and
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11 | personnel approved by the Department in a specific
geographic | ||||||
12 | area, which coordinates and provides pre-hospital
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13 | inter-hospital emergency care and non-emergency medical
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14 | transports at a BLS, ILS and/or ALS level pursuant to a
System | ||||||
15 | program plan submitted to and approved by the
Department, and | ||||||
16 | pursuant to the EMS Region Plan adopted for
the EMS Region in |
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1 | which the System is located. | ||||||
2 | (b) One hospital in each System program plan must be
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3 | designated as the Resource Hospital. All other hospitals
which | ||||||
4 | are located within the geographic boundaries of a
System and | ||||||
5 | which have standby, basic or comprehensive level
emergency | ||||||
6 | departments must function in that EMS System as
either an | ||||||
7 | Associate Hospital or Participating Hospital and
follow all | ||||||
8 | System policies specified in the System Program
Plan, | ||||||
9 | including but not limited to the replacement of drugs
and | ||||||
10 | equipment used by providers who have delivered patients
to | ||||||
11 | their emergency departments. All hospitals and vehicle
service | ||||||
12 | providers participating in an EMS System must
specify their | ||||||
13 | level of participation in the System Program
Plan. | ||||||
14 | (c) The Department shall have the authority and
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15 | responsibility to: | ||||||
16 | (1) Approve BLS, ILS and ALS level EMS Systems which
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17 | meet minimum standards and criteria established in rules
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18 | adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act, including
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19 | the submission of a Program Plan for Department approval.
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20 | Beginning September 1, 1997, the Department shall approve
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21 | the development of a new EMS System only when a local or
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22 | regional need for establishing such System has been
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23 | verified by the Department. This shall not be construed as | ||||||
24 | a needs assessment for health
planning or
other purposes | ||||||
25 | outside of this Act.
Following Department approval, EMS | ||||||
26 | Systems must
be fully operational within one year from the |
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1 | date of
approval. | ||||||
2 | (2) Monitor EMS Systems, based on minimum standards | ||||||
3 | for
continuing operation as prescribed in rules adopted by | ||||||
4 | the
Department pursuant to this Act, which shall include
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5 | requirements for submitting Program Plan amendments to the
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6 | Department for approval. | ||||||
7 | (3) Renew EMS System approvals every 4 years, after
an | ||||||
8 | inspection, based on compliance with the standards for
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9 | continuing operation prescribed in rules adopted by the
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10 | Department pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
11 | (4) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew approval of
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12 | any EMS System, after providing an opportunity for a
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13 | hearing, when findings show that it does not meet the
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14 | minimum standards for continuing operation as prescribed | ||||||
15 | by
the Department, or is found to be in violation of its
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16 | previously approved Program Plan. | ||||||
17 | (5) Require each EMS System to adopt written protocols
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18 | for the bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma
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19 | center or regional trauma center, which provide that a | ||||||
20 | person
shall not be transported to a facility other than | ||||||
21 | the nearest
hospital, regional trauma center or trauma | ||||||
22 | center unless the
medical benefits to the patient | ||||||
23 | reasonably expected from the
provision of appropriate | ||||||
24 | medical treatment at a more distant
facility outweigh the | ||||||
25 | increased risks to the patient from
transport to the more | ||||||
26 | distant facility, or the transport is in
accordance with |
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1 | the System's protocols for patient
choice or refusal. | ||||||
2 | (6) Require that the EMS Medical Director of an ILS or
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3 | ALS level EMS System be a physician licensed to practice
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4 | medicine in all of its branches in Illinois, and certified | ||||||
5 | by
the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the | ||||||
6 | American Osteopathic Board
of Emergency Medicine, and that | ||||||
7 | the EMS Medical
Director of a BLS level EMS System be a | ||||||
8 | physician licensed to
practice medicine in all of its | ||||||
9 | branches in Illinois, with
regular and frequent | ||||||
10 | involvement in pre-hospital emergency
medical services. In | ||||||
11 | addition, all EMS Medical Directors shall: | ||||||
12 | (A) Have experience on an EMS vehicle at the
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13 | highest level available within the System, or make | ||||||
14 | provision
to gain such experience within 12 months | ||||||
15 | prior to the
date responsibility for the System is | ||||||
16 | assumed or within 90
days after assuming the position; | ||||||
17 | (B) Be thoroughly knowledgeable of all skills
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18 | included in the scope of practices of all levels of EMS
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19 | personnel within the System; | ||||||
20 | (C) Have or make provision to gain experience
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21 | instructing students at a level similar to that of the | ||||||
22 | levels
of EMS personnel within the System; and | ||||||
23 | (D) For ILS and ALS EMS Medical Directors,
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24 | successfully complete a Department-approved EMS | ||||||
25 | Medical
Director's Course. | ||||||
26 | (7) Prescribe statewide EMS data elements to be
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1 | collected and documented by providers in all EMS Systems | ||||||
2 | for
all emergency and non-emergency medical services, with | ||||||
3 | a
one-year phase-in for commencing collection of such data
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4 | elements. | ||||||
5 | (8) Define, through rules adopted pursuant to this | ||||||
6 | Act,
the terms "Resource Hospital", "Associate Hospital",
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7 | "Participating Hospital", "Basic Emergency Department",
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8 | "Standby Emergency Department", "Comprehensive Emergency | ||||||
9 | Department", "EMS
Medical Director", "EMS Administrative
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10 | Director", and "EMS System Coordinator". | ||||||
11 | (A) (Blank). | ||||||
12 | (B) (Blank). | ||||||
13 | (9) Investigate the
circumstances that caused a | ||||||
14 | hospital
in an EMS system
to go on
bypass status to | ||||||
15 | determine whether that hospital's decision to go on bypass
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16 | status was reasonable. The Department may impose | ||||||
17 | sanctions, as
set forth in Section 3.140 of the Act, upon a | ||||||
18 | Department determination that the
hospital unreasonably
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19 | went on bypass status in violation of the Act. | ||||||
20 | (10) Evaluate the capacity and performance of any | ||||||
21 | freestanding emergency center established under Section | ||||||
22 | 32.5 of this Act in meeting emergency medical service | ||||||
23 | needs of the public, including compliance with applicable | ||||||
24 | emergency medical standards and assurance of the | ||||||
25 | availability of and immediate access to the highest | ||||||
26 | quality of medical care possible.
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1 | (11) Permit limited EMS System participation by | ||||||
2 | facilities operated by the United States Department of | ||||||
3 | Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. Subject | ||||||
4 | to patient preference, Illinois EMS providers may | ||||||
5 | transport patients to Veterans Health Administration | ||||||
6 | facilities that voluntarily participate in an EMS System. | ||||||
7 | Any Veterans Health Administration facility seeking | ||||||
8 | limited participation in an EMS System shall agree to | ||||||
9 | comply with all Department administrative rules | ||||||
10 | implementing this Section. The Department may promulgate | ||||||
11 | rules, including, but not limited to, the types of | ||||||
12 | Veterans Health Administration facilities that may | ||||||
13 | participate in an EMS System and the limitations of | ||||||
14 | participation. | ||||||
15 | (12) Ensure that EMS systems are transporting pregnant | ||||||
16 | women to the appropriate facilities based on the | ||||||
17 | classification of the levels of maternal care described | ||||||
18 | under subsection (a) of Section 2310-223 of the Department | ||||||
19 | of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil | ||||||
20 | Administrative Code of Illinois. | ||||||
21 | (13) Provide administrative support to the EMT | ||||||
22 | Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force. | ||||||
23 | (Source: P.A. 101-447, eff. 8-23-19.)
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24 | (210 ILCS 50/3.22 new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 3.22. EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task |
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1 | Force. | ||||||
2 | (a) The EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task | ||||||
3 | Force is created to address the following: | ||||||
4 | (1) the impact that the EMT and Paramedic shortage is | ||||||
5 | having on this State's EMS System and health care system; | ||||||
6 | (2) barriers to the training, recruitment, and | ||||||
7 | retention of Emergency Medical Technicians throughout this | ||||||
8 | State; | ||||||
9 | (3) steps that the State of Illinois can take, | ||||||
10 | including coordination and identification of State and | ||||||
11 | federal funding sources, to assist Illinois high schools, | ||||||
12 | community colleges, and ground ambulance providers to | ||||||
13 | train, recruit, and retain emergency medical technicians; | ||||||
14 | (4) how emergency medical responder and emergency | ||||||
15 | medical technician licensure and testing and certification | ||||||
16 | requirements affect the recruitment and retention of | ||||||
17 | emergency medical technicians, including, without | ||||||
18 | limitation, how the implementation of the National | ||||||
19 | Registry of Emergency Medical Technician training criteria | ||||||
20 | have impacted the certification and licensure of new EMRs, | ||||||
21 | EMTs, and Paramedics; | ||||||
22 | (5) how apprenticeship programs, local, regional, and | ||||||
23 | statewide, can be utilized to recruit and retain EMRs, | ||||||
24 | EMTs, and Paramedics; | ||||||
25 | (6) how ground ambulance reimbursement affects the | ||||||
26 | recruitment and retention of EMTs and Paramedics; and |
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1 | (7) all other areas that the Task Force deems | ||||||
2 | necessary to examine to assist in the recruitment and | ||||||
3 | retention of EMTs and Paramedics. | ||||||
4 | (b) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following | ||||||
5 | members: | ||||||
6 | (1) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | ||||||
7 | appointed by the Senate President, who shall serve as | ||||||
8 | co-chair; | ||||||
9 | (2) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | ||||||
10 | appointed by the Speaker of the House; | ||||||
11 | (3) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | ||||||
12 | appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; | ||||||
13 | (4) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | ||||||
14 | appointed by the House Minority Leader, who shall serve as | ||||||
15 | co-chair; | ||||||
16 | (5) 9 members representing private ground ambulance | ||||||
17 | providers throughout this State representing for-profit | ||||||
18 | and non-profit rural and ground ambulance providers, | ||||||
19 | appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
20 | (6) 3 members representing hospitals, appointed by the | ||||||
21 | Speaker of the House, with one member representing safety | ||||||
22 | net hospitals and one member representing rural hospitals; | ||||||
23 | (7) 2 members representing a statewide association of | ||||||
24 | nursing homes, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
25 | Senate; | ||||||
26 | (8) one member representing the State Board of |
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1 | Education, appointed by the Minority Leader of the House; | ||||||
2 | and | ||||||
3 | (9) one member representing the Illinois Community | ||||||
4 | College Systems, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
5 | House. | ||||||
6 | (c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
7 | compensation. | ||||||
8 | (d) The Task Force shall convene at the call of the | ||||||
9 | co-chairs and shall hold at least 6 meetings. | ||||||
10 | (e) The Task Force shall submit its final report to the | ||||||
11 | General Assembly and the Governor no later than January 1, | ||||||
12 | 2024, and upon the submission of its final report, the Task | ||||||
13 | Force shall be dissolved.
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14 | (210 ILCS 50/3.65)
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15 | Sec. 3.65. EMS Lead Instructor.
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16 | (a) "EMS Lead Instructor" means a person who has
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17 | successfully completed a course of education as approved
by | ||||||
18 | the Department or has obtained sufficient experience as | ||||||
19 | determined by the EMS Medical Director , and who is currently | ||||||
20 | approved by the
Department to coordinate or teach education, | ||||||
21 | training
and continuing education courses, in accordance with
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22 | standards prescribed by this Act and rules adopted by the
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23 | Department pursuant to this Act.
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24 | (b) The Department shall have the authority and
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25 | responsibility to:
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1 | (1) Prescribe education requirements for EMS
Lead | ||||||
2 | Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to | ||||||
3 | this
Act.
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4 | (2) Prescribe testing requirements for EMS
Lead | ||||||
5 | Instructor candidates through rules adopted pursuant to | ||||||
6 | this
Act.
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7 | (3) Charge each candidate for EMS Lead
Instructor a | ||||||
8 | fee to be submitted with an application for an
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9 | examination, an application for licensure, and an | ||||||
10 | application for relicensure.
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11 | (4) Approve individuals as EMS Lead
Instructors who | ||||||
12 | have met the Department's education and testing
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13 | requirements.
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14 | (5) Require that all education, training and
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15 | continuing education courses for EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, | ||||||
16 | Paramedic, PHRN, PHPA, PHAPRN, ECRN, EMR, and Emergency | ||||||
17 | Medical
Dispatcher be coordinated by at least one approved | ||||||
18 | EMS Lead
Instructor. A program which includes education, | ||||||
19 | training or
continuing education for more than one type of | ||||||
20 | personnel may
use one EMS Lead Instructor to coordinate | ||||||
21 | the program, and a
single EMS Lead Instructor may | ||||||
22 | simultaneously coordinate
more than one program or course.
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23 | (6) Provide standards and procedures for
awarding EMS | ||||||
24 | Lead Instructor approval to persons previously approved
by | ||||||
25 | the Department to coordinate such courses, based on
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26 | qualifications prescribed by the Department through rules
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1 | adopted pursuant to this Act.
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2 | (7) Suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the | ||||||
3 | approval of an EMS
Lead Instructor, after an opportunity | ||||||
4 | for a hearing, when
findings show one or more of the | ||||||
5 | following:
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6 | (A) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed
to conduct | ||||||
7 | a course in accordance with the curriculum
prescribed | ||||||
8 | by this Act and rules adopted by the Department
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9 | pursuant to this Act; or
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10 | (B) The EMS Lead Instructor has failed
to comply | ||||||
11 | with protocols prescribed by the Department through
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12 | rules adopted pursuant to this Act.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 100-1082, eff. 8-24-19 .)
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14 | (210 ILCS 50/3.85)
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15 | Sec. 3.85. Vehicle Service Providers.
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16 | (a) "Vehicle Service Provider" means an entity
licensed by | ||||||
17 | the Department to provide emergency or
non-emergency medical | ||||||
18 | services in compliance with this Act,
the rules promulgated by | ||||||
19 | the Department pursuant to this
Act, and an operational plan | ||||||
20 | approved by its EMS System(s),
utilizing at least ambulances | ||||||
21 | or specialized emergency
medical service vehicles (SEMSV).
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22 | (1) "Ambulance" means any publicly or
privately owned | ||||||
23 | on-road vehicle that is specifically designed,
constructed | ||||||
24 | or modified and equipped, and is intended to be
used for, | ||||||
25 | and is maintained or operated for the emergency
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1 | transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded | ||||||
2 | or
otherwise incapacitated or helpless, or the | ||||||
3 | non-emergency
medical transportation of persons who | ||||||
4 | require the presence
of medical personnel to monitor the | ||||||
5 | individual's condition
or medical apparatus being used on | ||||||
6 | such individuals.
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7 | (2) "Specialized Emergency Medical Services
Vehicle" | ||||||
8 | or "SEMSV" means a vehicle or conveyance, other
than those | ||||||
9 | owned or operated by the federal government, that
is | ||||||
10 | primarily intended for use in transporting the sick or
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11 | injured by means of air, water, or ground transportation,
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12 | that is not an ambulance as defined in this Act. The term
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13 | includes watercraft, aircraft and special purpose ground
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14 | transport vehicles or conveyances not intended for use on
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15 | public roads.
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16 | (3) An ambulance or SEMSV may also be
designated as a | ||||||
17 | Limited Operation Vehicle or Special-Use Vehicle:
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18 | (A) "Limited Operation Vehicle" means a
vehicle | ||||||
19 | which is licensed by the Department to provide
basic, | ||||||
20 | intermediate or advanced life support emergency or
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21 | non-emergency medical services that are exclusively | ||||||
22 | limited
to specific events or locales.
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23 | (B) "Special-Use Vehicle" means any
publicly or | ||||||
24 | privately owned vehicle that is specifically designed,
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25 | constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended | ||||||
26 | to be
used for, and is maintained or operated solely |
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1 | for the
emergency or non-emergency transportation of a | ||||||
2 | specific
medical class or category of persons who are | ||||||
3 | sick, injured,
wounded or otherwise incapacitated or | ||||||
4 | helpless (e.g.
high-risk obstetrical patients, | ||||||
5 | neonatal patients).
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6 | (C) "Reserve Ambulance" means a vehicle that meets | ||||||
7 | all criteria set forth in this Section and all | ||||||
8 | Department rules, except for the required inventory of | ||||||
9 | medical supplies and durable medical equipment, which | ||||||
10 | may be rapidly transferred from a fully functional | ||||||
11 | ambulance to a reserve ambulance without the use of | ||||||
12 | tools or special mechanical expertise. | ||||||
13 | (b) The Department shall have the authority and
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14 | responsibility to:
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15 | (1) Require all Vehicle Service Providers, both
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16 | publicly and privately owned, to function within an EMS
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17 | System.
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18 | (2) Require a Vehicle Service Provider
utilizing | ||||||
19 | ambulances to have a primary affiliation with an EMS | ||||||
20 | System
within the EMS Region in which its Primary Service | ||||||
21 | Area is
located, which is the geographic areas in which | ||||||
22 | the provider
renders the majority of its emergency | ||||||
23 | responses. This
requirement shall not apply to Vehicle | ||||||
24 | Service Providers
which exclusively utilize Limited | ||||||
25 | Operation Vehicles.
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26 | (3) Establish licensing standards and
requirements for |
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1 | Vehicle Service Providers, through rules
adopted pursuant | ||||||
2 | to this Act, including but not limited to:
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3 | (A) Vehicle design, specification,
operation and | ||||||
4 | maintenance standards, including standards for the use | ||||||
5 | of reserve ambulances;
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6 | (B) Equipment requirements;
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7 | (C) Staffing requirements; and
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8 | (D) License renewal at intervals determined by the | ||||||
9 | Department, which shall be not less than every 4 | ||||||
10 | years. | ||||||
11 | The Department's standards and requirements with | ||||||
12 | respect to vehicle staffing for private, nonpublic local | ||||||
13 | government employers must allow for alternative staffing | ||||||
14 | models that include an EMR who
drives an ambulance with a | ||||||
15 | licensed EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
Paramedic, or PHRN, as | ||||||
16 | appropriate, in the patient
compartment providing care to | ||||||
17 | the patient pursuant to the approval of the EMS System | ||||||
18 | Program Plan developed and approved by the EMS Medical | ||||||
19 | Director for an EMS System. The Department shall monitor | ||||||
20 | the implementation and performance of alternative staffing | ||||||
21 | models and may issue a notice of termination of an | ||||||
22 | alternative staffing model only upon evidence that an EMS | ||||||
23 | System Program Plan is not being adhered to. Adoption of | ||||||
24 | an alternative staffing model shall not result in a | ||||||
25 | Vehicle Service Provider being prohibited or limited in | ||||||
26 | the utilization of its staff or equipment from providing |
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1 | any of the services authorized by this Act or as otherwise | ||||||
2 | outlined in the approved EMS System Program Plan, | ||||||
3 | including, without limitation, the deployment of resources | ||||||
4 | to provide out-of-state disaster response. | ||||||
5 | An EMS System Program Plan for a Basic Life Support , | ||||||
6 | advanced life support, and critical care transport | ||||||
7 | services transport
utilizing an EMR and an EMT , Paramedic, | ||||||
8 | or appropriate critical care transport staff shall include | ||||||
9 | the
following: | ||||||
10 | (A) Alternative staffing models for a Basic Life | ||||||
11 | Support transport utilizing an EMR and an EMT shall | ||||||
12 | only be utilized for interfacility Basic Life Support | ||||||
13 | transports specified by the EMS System Program Plan as | ||||||
14 | determined by the EMS System Medical Director and | ||||||
15 | medical appointments, excluding any transport to or | ||||||
16 | from a dialysis center . | ||||||
17 | (B) Protocols that shall include dispatch | ||||||
18 | procedures to properly screen and assess patients for | ||||||
19 | EMR-staffed transports and EMT-staffed Basic Life | ||||||
20 | Support transport . | ||||||
21 | (C) A requirement that a provider shall implement | ||||||
22 | a quality assurance plan with mechanisms outlined to | ||||||
23 | audit dispatch screening and the outcome of transports | ||||||
24 | performed. | ||||||
25 | (D) The EMT , Paramedic, and critical care | ||||||
26 | transport staff shall have the minimum at least one |
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1 | year of experience in performance of pre-hospital , | ||||||
2 | inter-hospital emergency care and other health care | ||||||
3 | experience as a clinician, as determined by the EMS | ||||||
4 | Medical Director in accordance with the EMS System | ||||||
5 | Program Plan . | ||||||
6 | (E) The licensed EMR must complete a defensive | ||||||
7 | driving course prior to participation in the | ||||||
8 | Department's alternative staffing model. | ||||||
9 | (F) The length of the EMS System Program Plan for a | ||||||
10 | Basic Life Support transport
utilizing an EMR and an | ||||||
11 | EMT shall be for one year, and must be renewed annually | ||||||
12 | if proof of the criteria being met is submitted, | ||||||
13 | validated, and approved by the EMS Medical Director | ||||||
14 | for the EMS System and the Department. | ||||||
15 | The Department must allow for an alternative rural | ||||||
16 | staffing model for those vehicle service providers that | ||||||
17 | serve a rural or semi-rural population of 10,000 or fewer | ||||||
18 | inhabitants and exclusively uses volunteers, paid-on-call, | ||||||
19 | or a combination thereof.
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20 | (4) License all Vehicle Service Providers
that have | ||||||
21 | met the Department's requirements for licensure, unless
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22 | such Provider is owned or licensed by the federal
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23 | government. All Provider licenses issued by the Department
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24 | shall specify the level and type of each vehicle covered | ||||||
25 | by
the license (BLS, ILS, ALS, ambulance, SEMSV, limited
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26 | operation vehicle, special use vehicle, ambulance assist |
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1 | vehicle, reserve ambulance) and shall allow for ambulances | ||||||
2 | to be immediately upgraded to a higher level of service | ||||||
3 | when the Vehicle Service Provider sends an ambulance | ||||||
4 | assist vehicle with appropriate equipment and licensed | ||||||
5 | staff to intercept with the licensed ambulance in the | ||||||
6 | field .
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7 | (5) Annually inspect all licensed vehicles operated by | ||||||
8 | Vehicle
Service Providers.
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9 | (6) Suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or refuse to
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10 | renew the license of any Vehicle Service Provider, or that
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11 | portion of a license pertaining to a specific vehicle
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12 | operated by the Provider, after an opportunity for a
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13 | hearing, when findings show that the Provider or one or | ||||||
14 | more
of its vehicles has failed to comply with the | ||||||
15 | standards and
requirements of this Act or rules adopted by | ||||||
16 | the Department
pursuant to this Act.
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17 | (7) Issue an Emergency Suspension Order for
any | ||||||
18 | Provider or vehicle licensed under this Act, when the
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19 | Director or his designee has determined that an immediate
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20 | and serious danger to the public health, safety and | ||||||
21 | welfare
exists. Suspension or revocation proceedings which | ||||||
22 | offer an
opportunity for hearing shall be promptly | ||||||
23 | initiated after
the Emergency Suspension Order has been | ||||||
24 | issued.
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25 | (8) Exempt any licensed vehicle from
subsequent | ||||||
26 | vehicle design standards or specifications required by the
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1 | Department, as long as said vehicle is continuously in
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2 | compliance with the vehicle design standards and
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3 | specifications originally applicable to that vehicle, or
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4 | until said vehicle's title of ownership is transferred.
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5 | (9) Exempt any vehicle (except an SEMSV)
which was | ||||||
6 | being used as an ambulance on or before December 15,
1980, | ||||||
7 | from vehicle design standards and specifications
required | ||||||
8 | by the Department, until said vehicle's title of
ownership | ||||||
9 | is transferred. Such vehicles shall not be exempt
from all | ||||||
10 | other licensing standards and requirements
prescribed by | ||||||
11 | the Department.
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12 | (10) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider
from | ||||||
13 | advertising, identifying its vehicles, or disseminating
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14 | information in a false or misleading manner concerning the
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15 | Provider's type and level of vehicles, location, primary
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16 | service area, response times, level of personnel, | ||||||
17 | licensure
status or System participation.
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18 | (10.5) Prohibit any Vehicle Service Provider, whether | ||||||
19 | municipal, private, or hospital-owned, from advertising | ||||||
20 | itself as a critical care transport provider unless it | ||||||
21 | participates in a Department-approved EMS System critical | ||||||
22 | care transport plan. | ||||||
23 | (11) Charge each Vehicle Service Provider a
fee per | ||||||
24 | transport vehicle, due annually at time of inspection. The | ||||||
25 | fee per transport vehicle shall be set by administrative | ||||||
26 | rule by the Department and shall not exceed 100 vehicles |
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1 | per provider.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 102-623, eff. 8-27-21.)".
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