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91_HB3271
LRB9110230ACtm
1 AN ACT to amend the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
2 Systems Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
6 Act is amended by changing Section 3.205 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 50/3.205)
8 Sec. 3.205. State Trauma Advisory Council.
9 (a) There shall be established within the Department of
10 Public Health a State Trauma Advisory Council, which shall
11 serve as an advisory body to the Department on matters
12 related to trauma care and trauma centers.
13 (b) Membership of the Council shall include one
14 representative from each Regional Trauma Advisory Committee,
15 to be appointed by each Committee. The Governor shall
16 appoint the following additional members:
17 (1) An EMS Medical Director,
18 (2) A trauma center medical director,
19 (3) A trauma surgeon,
20 (4) A trauma nurse coordinator,
21 (5) A representative from a private vehicle service
22 provider,
23 (6) A representative from a public vehicle service
24 provider,
25 (7) A member of the State EMS Advisory Council, and
26 .
27 (8) Two neurosurgeons, one whose practice is
28 located in the City of Chicago and one whose practice is
29 located in Illinois, but outside the City of Chicago.
30 (c) Of the members first appointed, 5 members shall be
31 appointed for a term of one year, 5 members shall be
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1 appointed for a term of 2 years, and the remaining members
2 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The terms of
3 subsequent appointees shall be 3 years. All appointees shall
4 serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
5 (d) The Council shall be provided a 90-day period in
6 which to review and comment upon all rules proposed by the
7 Department pursuant to this Act concerning trauma care,
8 except for emergency rules adopted pursuant to Section 5-45
9 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The 90-day
10 review and comment period may commence upon the Department's
11 submission of the proposed rules to the individual Council
12 members, if the Council is not meeting at the time the
13 proposed rules are ready for Council review. Any
14 non-emergency rules adopted prior to the Council's 90-day
15 review and comment period shall be null and void. If the
16 Council fails to advise the Department within its 90-day
17 review and comment period, the rule shall be considered acted
18 upon;
19 (e) Council members shall be reimbursed for reasonable
20 travel expenses incurred during the performance of their
21 duties under this Section.
22 (f) The Department shall provide administrative support
23 to the Council for the preparation of the agenda and minutes
24 for Council meetings and distribution of proposed rules to
25 Council members.
26 (g) The Council shall act pursuant to bylaws which it
27 adopts, which shall include the annual election of a Chair
28 and Vice-Chair.
29 (h) The Director or his designee shall be present at all
30 Council meetings.
31 (i) Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Council
32 from reviewing and commenting on proposed rules which fall
33 under the purview of the State EMS Advisory Council.
34 (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.