Bill Text: IL HB2336 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities and fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an individual, an assisted living facility, or a nursing home facility for all nonemergency lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, an emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing nonemergency lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-11 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella [HB2336 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB2336-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2336 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Kelly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new
70 ILCS 705/11n new
Amends the Fire Protection District Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities and fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an individual, an assisted living facility, or a nursing home facility for all nonemergency lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, an emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing nonemergency lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.
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A BILL FOR
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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 individual residence, 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 a response to a request
for transportation via ambulance to a health care facility.
(b) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect reasonable
fees from individuals, assisted living facilities, and nursing
home facilities for all nonemergency lift-assist services
rendered by a municipal fire department, firefighter,
emergency response unit, or public safety employee of a
municipal department in connection with providing nonemergency
lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

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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 individual residence, 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 a response to a request
for transportation via ambulance to a health care facility.
(b) A fire protection district may fix, charge, and
collect reasonable fees from individuals, assisted living
facilities, and nursing home facilities for all nonemergency
lift-assist services rendered by the fire protection district
in connection with providing nonemergency 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

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a patient or other individual.