HB2774 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2774

Introduced 2/21/2013, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 50/3.100

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. In provisions concerning Level II Trauma Center minimum standards, provides that the Department of Public Health shall grant a permanent waiver of the requirement that an emergency medicine physician working at a Level II Trauma Center be board-certified in emergency medicine if it determines that certain criteria are met, including: (1) the trauma center is located in a county that (i) has a population of less than 75,000 and (ii) is a physician shortage area designated by the Director of Public Health or a health professional shortage area designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) the trauma center demonstrates that it has tried, without success, to recruit a board-certified emergency medicine physician; and (3) the physician for whom the waiver is sought has at least 5 years of experience working as an emergency medicine physician in a trauma center setting and his or her education, training, and experience are equal to that of a physician who is board-certified in emergency medicine. Provides that the Department's authority to grant a waiver expires 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

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AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act is amended by changing Section 3.100 as follows:

(210 ILCS 50/3.100)

Sec. 3.100. Level II Trauma Center Minimum Standards. The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level II Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to:

(a) The designation by the trauma center of a Trauma Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications. ;

(b) The types of surgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients. The Department shall not require the availability of all surgical services required of Level I Trauma Centers. ;

(c) The types of nonsurgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients. ;

(d) The numbers and qualifications of emergency medical personnel, taking into consideration the more limited trauma services available in a Level II Trauma Center.

The Department shall grant a permanent waiver of any requirement that an emergency medicine physician engaged in providing trauma services at a Level II Trauma Center be board-certified in emergency medicine if it determines that all of the following criteria are met:

(1) The trauma center is located in a county that (i) has a population of less than 75,000 and (ii) is a physician shortage area designated by the Director or a health professional shortage area designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(2) The trauma center demonstrates that it has tried, without success, to recruit a board-certified emergency medicine physician.

(3) The physician for whom the waiver is sought has at least 5 years of experience working as an emergency medicine physician in a trauma center setting and his or her education, training, and experience are equal to that of a physician who is board-certified in emergency medicine.

(4) Granting the waiver would be in the best interest of the community served by the trauma center.

The Department's authority to grant a waiver under the preceding paragraph expires 5 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. ;

(e) The types of equipment that must be available for trauma patients. ;

(f) Requiring the trauma center to have a written agreement with a Level I Trauma Center serving the EMS Region outlining their respective responsibilities in providing trauma services, executed within a reasonable time designated by the Department, unless the requirement for a Level I Trauma Center to serve that EMS Region has been waived by the Department. ;

(g) Requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with an EMS System. ;

(h) Requiring the trauma center to have a communications system that is fully integrated with the Level I Trauma Centers and the EMS Systems with which it is affiliated. ;

(i) The types of data the trauma center must collect and submit to the Department relating to the trauma services it provides. Such data may include information on post-trauma care directly related to the initial traumatic injury provided to trauma patients until their discharge from the facility and information on discharge plans. ;

(j) Requiring the trauma center to have helicopter landing capabilities approved by appropriate State and federal authorities, if the trauma center is located within a municipality having a population of less than two million people.

(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.