Bill Text: IL HB1729 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1729 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1729-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1729
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1729 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 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5502)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. Legislative intent; construction of Act. The | ||||||
| 8 | Legislature finds and declares that emergency medical
services | ||||||
| 9 | are essential services in the State of Illinois and it is the | ||||||
| 10 | intent of
this legislation to provide the State with systems | ||||||
| 11 | for
emergency medical
services by establishing within the State | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Public Health a central
authority responsible for | ||||||
| 13 | the coordination and integration of all activities within the | ||||||
| 14 | State concerning pre-hospital and
inter-hospital emergency | ||||||
| 15 | medical services, as well as non-emergency
medical transports, | ||||||
| 16 | and
the overall planning, evaluation,
and regulation of | ||||||
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| 1 | pre-hospital emergency medical services systems.
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| 2 | The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to deny | ||||||
| 3 | emergency medical
services to persons outside the boundaries of | ||||||
| 4 | this State nor to limit,
restrict,
or prevent any cooperative | ||||||
| 5 | agreement for the provision of emergency medical
services | ||||||
| 6 | between this State, or any of its political subdivisions, and | ||||||
| 7 | any
other State or its political subdivisions or a federal | ||||||
| 8 | agency.
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| 9 | The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to
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| 10 | regulate the emergency transportation of persons by friends
or | ||||||
| 11 | family members, in personal vehicles that are not
ambulances, | ||||||
| 12 | specialized emergency medical service vehicles,
first response | ||||||
| 13 | vehicles or medical carriers.
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| 14 | This legislation is intended to provide minimum
standards | ||||||
| 15 | for the statewide delivery of EMS services. It
is recognized, | ||||||
| 16 | however, that diversities exist between
different areas of the | ||||||
| 17 | State, based on geography, location
of health care facilities, | ||||||
| 18 | availability of personnel, and
financial resources. The | ||||||
| 19 | Legislature therefore intends that
the implementation and | ||||||
| 20 | enforcement of this Act by
the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
| 21 | Health accommodate those
varying needs and interests to the | ||||||
| 22 | greatest extent possible
without jeopardizing appropriate | ||||||
| 23 | standards of medical care,
through the Department's exercise of | ||||||
| 24 | the waiver provision of
this Act and its adoption of rules | ||||||
| 25 | pursuant to this Act.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 88-1; 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)".
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