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1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
5 Act is amended by changing Section 3.255 as follows:
6 (210 ILCS 50/3.255)
7 Sec. 3.255. Public Health and Emergency Medical Plan
8 Emergency Medical Disaster Plan. The Department shall develop
9 and implement a Public Health and Emergency Medical Plan an
10 Emergency Medical Disaster Plan to assist emergency medical
11 services personnel and health care facilities in working
12 together in a collaborative way and to provide support in
13 situations where local medical resources are overwhelmed,
14 including but not limited to public health emergencies, as
15 that term is defined in Section 4 of the Illinois Emergency
16 Management Agency Act. As part of the plan, the Department may
17 designate lead hospitals in each Emergency Medical Services
18 region established under this Act and may foster the creation
19 and coordination of volunteer medical response teams that can
20 be deployed to assist when a locality's capacity is
21 overwhelmed. In developing a Public Health and Emergency
22 Medical Plan an Emergency Medical Disaster Plan, the
23 Department shall collaborate with the entities listed in
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1 Sections 2310-50.5 and 2310-620 of the Department of Public
2 Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code
3 of Illinois.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-829, eff. 7-28-04.)
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