HB2336 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB104 06037 RTM 16070 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2336

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Michael J. Kelly

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new
70 ILCS 705/11n new

Amends the Fire Protection District Act and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities and fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from an individual, an assisted living facility, or a nursing home facility for all nonemergency lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, an emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing nonemergency lift-assist services to a patient or other individual. Provides that the fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality or fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-6-12 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new)

Sec. 11-6-12. Reimbursement for lift-assist services.

(a) As used in this Section, "lift-assist service" means a response to an individual residence, assisted living facility, or nursing home facility by personnel of a fire department, an emergency response unit, or a unit of another public safety department providing automatic or mutual aid to a municipality, in order to lift a patient or other individual from the individual's current position to a desired position. "Lift-assist service" does not include a response to a request for transportation via ambulance to a health care facility.

(b) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from individuals, assisted living facilities, and nursing home facilities for all nonemergency lift-assist services rendered by a municipal fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, or public safety employee of a municipal department in connection with providing nonemergency lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the municipality in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by adding Section 11n as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/11n new)

Sec. 11n. Reimbursement for lift-assist services.

(a) As used in this Section, "lift-assist service" means a response to an individual residence, assisted living facility, or nursing home facility by personnel of a fire protection district, in order to lift a patient or other individual from the individual's current position to a desired position. "Lift-assist service" does not include a response to a request for transportation via ambulance to a health care facility.

(b) A fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees from individuals, assisted living facilities, and nursing home facilities for all nonemergency lift-assist services rendered by the fire protection district in connection with providing nonemergency lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.

The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment costs for all services rendered by the fire protection district in connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or other individual.