Bill Amendment: IL SB1381 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: FIRE SPRINKLER ACT-EXEMPTION
Status: 2016-01-07 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1381 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1381-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: FIRE SPRINKLER ACT-EXEMPTION
Status: 2016-01-07 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1381 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SB1381-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1381
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1381 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 Section 32.5 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 50/32.5)
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7 | Sec. 32.5. Freestanding Emergency Center.
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8 | (a) The Department shall issue an annual Freestanding | ||||||
9 | Emergency Center (FEC)
license to any facility that has | ||||||
10 | received a permit from the Health Facilities and Services | ||||||
11 | Review Board to establish a Freestanding Emergency Center by | ||||||
12 | January 1, 2015, and:
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13 | (1) is located: (A) in a municipality with
a population
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14 | of 50,000 or fewer inhabitants; (B) within 50 miles of the
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15 | hospital that owns or controls the FEC; and (C) within 50 | ||||||
16 | miles of the Resource
Hospital affiliated with the FEC as |
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1 | part of the EMS System;
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2 | (2) is wholly owned or controlled by an Associate or | ||||||
3 | Resource Hospital,
but is not a part of the hospital's | ||||||
4 | physical plant;
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5 | (3) meets the standards for licensed FECs, adopted by | ||||||
6 | rule of the
Department, including, but not limited to:
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7 | (A) facility design, specification, operation, and | ||||||
8 | maintenance
standards;
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9 | (B) equipment standards; and
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10 | (C) the number and qualifications of emergency | ||||||
11 | medical personnel and
other staff, which must include | ||||||
12 | at least one board certified emergency
physician | ||||||
13 | present at the FEC 24 hours per day.
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14 | (4) limits its participation in the EMS System strictly | ||||||
15 | to receiving a
limited number of BLS runs by emergency | ||||||
16 | medical vehicles according to protocols
developed by the | ||||||
17 | Resource Hospital within the FEC's
designated EMS System | ||||||
18 | and approved by the Project Medical Director and the
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19 | Department;
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20 | (5) provides comprehensive emergency treatment | ||||||
21 | services, as defined in the
rules adopted by the Department | ||||||
22 | pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act, 24
hours per day, | ||||||
23 | on an outpatient basis;
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24 | (6) provides an ambulance and
maintains on site | ||||||
25 | ambulance services staffed with paramedics 24 hours per | ||||||
26 | day;
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1 | (7) (blank);
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2 | (8) complies with all State and federal patient rights | ||||||
3 | provisions,
including, but not limited to, the Emergency | ||||||
4 | Medical Treatment Act and the
federal Emergency
Medical | ||||||
5 | Treatment and Active Labor Act;
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6 | (9) maintains a communications system that is fully | ||||||
7 | integrated with
its Resource Hospital within the FEC's | ||||||
8 | designated EMS System;
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9 | (10) reports to the Department any patient transfers | ||||||
10 | from the FEC to a
hospital within 48 hours of the transfer | ||||||
11 | plus any other
data
determined to be relevant by the | ||||||
12 | Department;
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13 | (11) submits to the Department, on a quarterly basis, | ||||||
14 | the FEC's morbidity
and mortality rates for patients | ||||||
15 | treated at the FEC and other data determined
to be relevant | ||||||
16 | by the Department;
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17 | (12) does not describe itself or hold itself out to the | ||||||
18 | general public as
a full service hospital or hospital | ||||||
19 | emergency department in its advertising or
marketing
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20 | activities;
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21 | (13) complies with any other rules adopted by the
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22 | Department
under this Act that relate to FECs;
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23 | (14) passes the Department's site inspection for | ||||||
24 | compliance with the FEC
requirements of this Act;
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25 | (15) submits a copy of the permit issued by
the Health | ||||||
26 | Facilities and Services Review Board indicating that the |
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1 | facility has complied with the Illinois Health Facilities | ||||||
2 | Planning Act with respect to the health services to be | ||||||
3 | provided at the facility;
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4 | (16) submits an application for designation as an FEC | ||||||
5 | in a manner and form
prescribed by the Department by rule; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | (17) pays the annual license fee as determined by the | ||||||
8 | Department by
rule.
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9 | (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | ||||||
10 | the Department may issue an annual FEC license to a facility | ||||||
11 | that is located in a county that does not have a licensed | ||||||
12 | general acute care hospital if the facility's application for a | ||||||
13 | permit from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board has | ||||||
14 | been deemed complete by the Department of Public Health by | ||||||
15 | January 1, 2014 and if the facility complies with the | ||||||
16 | requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (17) of | ||||||
17 | subsection (a). | ||||||
18 | (a-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
19 | Section, the Department may issue an annual FEC license to a | ||||||
20 | facility if the facility has, by January 1, 2014, filed a | ||||||
21 | letter of intent to establish an FEC and if the facility | ||||||
22 | complies with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) | ||||||
23 | through (17) of subsection (a). | ||||||
24 | (a-15) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||||||
25 | Section, the Department shall issue an annual FEC license to a | ||||||
26 | facility if the facility (i) is located in a municipality that |
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1 | had a hospital that discontinued operation as a hospital within | ||||||
2 | the 12 months prior to the facility's initial application for | ||||||
3 | an FEC license, (ii) has an application for a permit to | ||||||
4 | establish an FEC from the Health Facilities and Services Review | ||||||
5 | Board that is deemed complete by January 1, 2018, and (iii) | ||||||
6 | complies with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) | ||||||
7 | through (17) of subsection (a). | ||||||
8 | (b) The Department shall:
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9 | (1) annually inspect facilities of initial FEC | ||||||
10 | applicants and licensed
FECs, and issue
annual licenses to | ||||||
11 | or annually relicense FECs that
satisfy the Department's | ||||||
12 | licensure requirements as set forth in subsection (a);
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13 | (2) suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | ||||||
14 | renew the license of
any
FEC, after notice and an | ||||||
15 | opportunity for a hearing, when the Department finds
that | ||||||
16 | the FEC has failed to comply with the standards and | ||||||
17 | requirements of the
Act or rules adopted by the Department | ||||||
18 | under the
Act;
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19 | (3) issue an Emergency Suspension Order for any FEC | ||||||
20 | when the
Director or his or her designee has determined | ||||||
21 | that the continued operation of
the FEC poses an immediate | ||||||
22 | and serious danger to
the public health, safety, and | ||||||
23 | welfare.
An opportunity for a
hearing shall be promptly | ||||||
24 | initiated after an Emergency Suspension Order has
been | ||||||
25 | issued; and
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26 | (4) adopt rules as needed to implement this Section.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 96-23, eff. 6-30-09; 96-31, eff. 6-30-09; 96-883, | ||||||
2 | eff. 3-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; | ||||||
3 | 97-1112, eff. 8-27-12.)
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.".
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