Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB1916 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1916 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new70 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 independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing 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. Provides that the municipality or fire protection district may require a facility to enter into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality or fire protection district for the costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal or district personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability payments, and pension payments for injured personnel, but provides that any such agreement does not relieve the municipality or fire protection district of a statutory or contractual obligation it may have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. Contains provisions relating to third-party claims and intervention in a suit relating to claims made by a municipal or fire protection district employee for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. LRB104 08709 RTM 18763 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1916 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new70 ILCS 705/11n new 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 independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing 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. Provides that the municipality or fire protection district may require a facility to enter into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality or fire protection district for the costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal or district personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability payments, and pension payments for injured personnel, but provides that any such agreement does not relieve the municipality or fire protection district of a statutory or contractual obligation it may have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. Contains provisions relating to third-party claims and intervention in a suit relating to claims made by a municipal or fire protection district employee for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. LRB104 08709 RTM 18763 b LRB104 08709 RTM 18763 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1916 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	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 independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing 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. Provides that the municipality or fire protection district may require a facility to enter into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality or fire protection district for the costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal or district personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability payments, and pension payments for injured personnel, but provides that any such agreement does not relieve the municipality or fire protection district of a statutory or contractual obligation it may have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. Contains provisions relating to third-party claims and intervention in a suit relating to claims made by a municipal or fire protection district employee for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
16	16	5 adding Section 11-6-12 as follows:
17	17	6 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-12 new)
18	18	7 Sec. 11-6-12. Reimbursement for lift-assist services.
19	19	8 (a) For purposes of this Section, the term "lift-assist
20	20	9 service" means a response to an independent living facility,
21	21	10 assisted living facility, nursing home facility, or other
22	22	11 similar congregate care facility, by personnel of a fire
23	23	12 department, emergency response unit, or a unit of another
24	24	13 public safety department providing automatic or mutual aid to
25	25	14 a municipality, in order to lift a patient or other individual
26	26	15 from the individual's current position to a desired position.
27	27	16 "Lift-assist service" does not include a response to a request
28	28	17 for transportation via ambulance to a health care facility.
29	29	18 (b) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect reasonable
30	30	19 fees from independent living facilities, assisted living
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32	32	21 congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services
33	33	22 rendered by a municipal fire department, firefighter,
34	34	23 emergency response unit, or public safety employee of a
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38	38	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1916 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Jackie Haas SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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42	42	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 independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist services rendered by a fire department, firefighter, emergency response unit, public safety employee of a municipal department, or fire protection district in connection with providing 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. Provides that the municipality or fire protection district may require a facility to enter into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality or fire protection district for the costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal or district personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability payments, and pension payments for injured personnel, but provides that any such agreement does not relieve the municipality or fire protection district of a statutory or contractual obligation it may have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered. Contains provisions relating to third-party claims and intervention in a suit relating to claims made by a municipal or fire protection district employee for an injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered.
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71	71	1 municipal department in connection with providing lift-assist
72	72	2 services to a patient or other individual.
73	73	3 The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment
74	74	4 costs for all services rendered by the municipality in
75	75	5 connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or
76	76	6 other individual.
77	77	7 (c) In addition to the fees imposed, a municipality may
78	78	8 require an independent living facility, assisted living
79	79	9 facility, nursing home facility, or other similar congregate
80	80	10 care facility to which a municipal department may respond to a
81	81	11 request in which lift-assist services may be rendered to enter
82	82	12 into a written agreement to reimburse the municipality for the
83	83	13 costs of injuries suffered at the facility by municipal
84	84	14 personnel when providing lift-assist services, including, but
85	85	15 not limited to, costs of medical treatment, payments required
86	86	16 under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, disability
87	87	17 payments, and pension payments for injured municipal
88	88	18 personnel. Any such agreement does not relieve the
89	89	19 municipality of a statutory or contractual obligation it may
90	90	20 have to its employees for an injury suffered relating to
91	91	21 lift-assist services rendered. An independent living facility,
92	92	22 assisted living facility, nursing home facility, or other
93	93	23 similar congregate care facility with which the municipality
94	94	24 has such an agreement may not be made a third party to claims
95	95	25 made by a municipal employee and does not have the right to
96	96	26 intervene in claims made by the municipal employee for an
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107	107	1 injury suffered relating to lift-assist services rendered.
108	108	2 Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
109	109	3 adding Section 11n as follows:
110	110	4 (70 ILCS 705/11n new)
111	111	5 Sec. 11n. Reimbursement for lift-assist services.
112	112	6 (a) For purposes of this Section, the term "lift-assist
113	113	7 service" means a response to an independent living facility,
114	114	8 assisted living facility, nursing home facility, or other
115	115	9 similar congregate care facility, by personnel of a fire
116	116	10 protection district, in order to lift a patient or other
117	117	11 individual from the individual's current position to a desired
118	118	12 position. "Lift-assist service" does not include a response to
119	119	13 a request for transportation via ambulance to a health care
120	120	14 facility.
121	121	15 (b) A fire protection district may fix, charge, and
122	122	16 collect reasonable fees from independent living facilities,
123	123	17 assisted living facilities, nursing home facilities, or other
124	124	18 similar congregate care facilities for all lift-assist
125	125	19 services rendered by the fire protection district in
126	126	20 connection with providing lift-assist services to a patient or
127	127	21 other individual.
128	128	22 The fees may not exceed the actual personnel and equipment
129	129	23 costs for all services rendered by the fire protection
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