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| Public Act 103-0658 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government. | ||||
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly: | ||||
Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by adding Section 2310-257 as follows: | ||||
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-257 new) | ||||
Sec. 2310-257. Crisis standards of care plan. | ||||
(a) The Department shall develop and implement a crisis | ||||
standards of care plan as an annex to the Department of Public | ||||
Health's Essential Support Function (ESF-8) Plan for Public | ||||
Health and Medical Services, to assist health care facilities | ||||
and provide support in situations in which local medical | ||||
resources are overwhelmed, including, but not limited to, | ||||
public health emergencies, as that term is defined in Section | ||||
4 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. | ||||
(b) In developing a crisis standards of care plan, the | ||||
Department shall: | ||||
(1) collaborate with the entities listed in Sections | ||||
2310-50.5 and 2310-620 of the Department of Public Health | ||||
Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | ||||
Illinois; | ||||
(2) ensure the crisis standards of care plan addresses | ||||
situations in which a conventional response moves to a | ||
crisis response and key resources may be affected; | ||
(3) establish a multi-disciplinary planning committee | ||
with representation from the following, as applicable: | ||
(A) the Department and local public health | ||
agencies; | ||
(B) emergency medical services; | ||
(C) healthcare providers and facilities, including | ||
representation of rural, urban, and critical access | ||
and municipal healthcare providers and facilities; | ||
(D) medical ethicists; | ||
(E) healthcare coalitions, including, but not | ||
limited to, a statewide association representing | ||
hospitals; and | ||
(F) other members from across the State with | ||
expertise within their disciplines, as necessary, to | ||
inform and develop an emergency medical disaster plan; | ||
(4) conduct literature reviews to develop an | ||
inclusive, culturally sensitive, and ethical framework for | ||
the Emergency Medical Disaster Plan Crisis Standards of | ||
Care Annex, which considers, among other factors, ethical | ||
healthcare decision making, health equity, and social | ||
determinants of health, and the equitable distribution of | ||
patients and critical healthcare resources in a manner | ||
that, to the maximum extent possible and given resources | ||
available at the time, reduces shortages of healthcare | ||
resources to preserve lives during a public health | ||
emergency; and | ||
(5) disseminate the crisis standards of care plan | ||
among healthcare providers and facilities, emergency | ||
management officials, public safety communities, and other | ||
stakeholders, including, but not limited to, disseminating | ||
information about, and gathering feedback on, the | ||
emergency medical disaster plan, including gathering | ||
general information and data, assessing regional needs, | ||
perspectives, specific capabilities and potential | ||
challenges, to ensure a structured, ethical, culturally | ||
sensitive, and integrated framework and approach to | ||
equitable distribution of resources during public health | ||
emergencies. | ||
(c) The Department may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
this Section. | ||
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||