Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue an annual Freestanding Emergency Center (FEC) license to any facility that has received a permit from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish an FEC if the application for the permit has been deemed complete by the Department by January 1, 2014 (instead of by March 1, 2009) and the facility is located (i) in a municipality with a population of 50,000 (instead of 75,000) or less, (ii) within 50 (instead of 20) miles of the hospital that owns or controls the FEC, and (iii) within 50 (instead of 20) miles of the Resource Hospital affiliated with the FEC as part of the EMS System. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-1112 [HB5142 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2012-05-30	115	0	2	0	117	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2012-05-22	54	0	5	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2012-03-08	106	1	2	4	113	Passed	Link	View

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