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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5387
Introduced 1/27/2006, by Rep. Aaron Schock SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that a county located in any of EMS Regions 1 through 6 that has a Level I trauma center may request reimbursement from the Trauma Center Fund for the cost of autopsies performed on patients from outside the county who died at the Level I trauma center. Provides that the reimbursement shall cover the actual cost of the autopsy. Effective immediately.
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LRB094 19407 DRJ 55102 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act |
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| is amended by changing Section 3.225 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 50/3.225)
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| Sec. 3.225. Trauma Center Fund.
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| (a) The Department shall distribute 97.5% of 50% of
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| moneys deposited into the Trauma Center Fund, a special
fund in |
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| the State Treasury, to Illinois hospitals that are
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| as trauma centers. The payments to those
hospitals shall be in |
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| addition to any other payments paid
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| calculated under paragraph (b) of
this Section.
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| (b) Trauma payment calculation.
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| (1) The Department shall implement an
accounting |
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| system to ensure that the moneys in the fund are
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| distributed.
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| (2) The moneys in the fund shall be allocated
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| proportionately to each EMS region so that the EMS
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| receives the moneys collected from within its region
for |
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| violations of laws or ordinances regulating the movement
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| traffic.
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| (3) The formula for distribution to
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| hospitals shall be based on factors identified in rules
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| adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act. No moneys
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| may be distributed to a trauma center located outside of |
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| the
State.
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| (c) The Department may retain 2.5% of 50% of the
moneys in |
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| the Trauma Center Fund to defray the cost of
administering the |
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| distributions.
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| (d) Any county that is located within any of Emergency |
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| Medical Services Regions 1 through 6, as designated under |