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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1895 Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that any individual who serves as either emergency medical services personnel on a volunteer basis or as a firefighter on a volunteer basis may not be disciplined or terminated by his or her employer for responding to an emergency call or emergency text message during work hours that requests the individual's volunteer emergency medical services or volunteer firefighter services.
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| | A BILL FOR |
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| | SB1895 | | LRB100 11131 MJP 21397 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act |
| 5 | | is amended by adding Section 3.56 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.56 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 3.56. Volunteer Emergency Medical Services personnel, |
| 8 | | firefighters. Any individual who serves as either EMS personnel |
| 9 | | on a volunteer basis or as a firefighter on a volunteer basis |
| 10 | | may not be disciplined or terminated by his or her employer for |
| 11 | | responding to an emergency call or emergency text message |
| 12 | | during work hours that requests the individual's volunteer |
| 13 | | emergency medical services or volunteer firefighter services.
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