Illinois HB 5193: EMS MENTAL FACILITY TRANSPORT
Status: Passed Both Houses (as of 2026-05-21)
State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 5193
Sponsors: Laura Fine, Michael J. Kelly, Lindsey LaPointe
Bill Text
• Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB5193 • • • • • • • • • • • • Select Language × The Illinois General Assembly offers the Google Translate™ service for visitor convenience. In no way should it be considered accurate as to the translation of any content herein. Visitors of the Illinois General Assembly website are encouraged to use other translation services available on the internet. The English language version is always the official and authoritative version of this website. NOTE: To return to the original English language version, select the "Show Original" button on the Google Translate™ menu bar at the top of the window. Choose Language English Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bengali Bosnian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Esperanto Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Interlingua Interlingue Inuktitut Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar Nepali Norwegian Odia Pashto Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Sango Sanskrit Sardinian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Southern Sotho Spanish Sundanese Swahili Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Tigrinya Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu Powered by Translate Close Illinois General Assembly Top Navigation Bar Translate Learn Select General Assembly Search the 104th General Assembly Enter search terms for legislation, members, committees, or schedules. ILGA.GOV • • LEGISLATION & LAWS • Bills & Resolutions • Public Acts • Illinois Compiled Statutes • Illinois Constitution • Search Legislation • Glossary • Guide • Reports & Inquiry • Legislative Reports • Special Reports • FTP Site • Legislator Lookup • Capitol Complex Phone Numbers • Rules & Regulations • Illinois Register • Administrative Rules • Senate • Members • Schedules • Committees • Request for Remote Testimony • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • Senate Employment Opportunities • Media Guidelines • House • Members • Schedules • Committees • Submit testimony for House Committees • Journals • Transcripts • Rules • Audio/Video • FOIA Information • House Employment Opportunities • Log In Mobile Top Bar Search the 104th General Assembly Enter keywords to search the Illinois General Assembly website. Full Text of HB5193 • Home • Legislation • Full Text HB5193 - 104th General Assembly • Bill Status • Full Text • Votes • Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Enrolled Open PDF HB5193 EnrolledLRB104 17349 BAB 30774 b 1 AN ACT concerning regulation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems 5Act is amended by changing Section 3.155 as follows: 6 (210 ILCS 50/3.155) 7 Sec. 3.155. General provisions. 8 (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System shall 9be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the EMS 10Medical Director or his designee. 11 (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency 12medical transport, in which the physician from the sending 13hospital provides the EMS personnel with written medical 14orders, such written medical orders cannot exceed the scope of 15care which the EMS personnel are authorized to render pursuant 16to this Act. 17 (c) For an inter-hospital emergency or non-emergency 18medical transport of a patient who requires medical care 19beyond the scope of care which the EMS personnel are 20authorized to render pursuant to this Act, a qualified 21physician, nurse, perfusionist, or respiratory therapist 22familiar with the scope of care needed must accompany the 23patient and the transferring hospital and physician shall HB5193 Enrolled- 2 -LRB104 17349 BAB 30774 b 1assume medical responsibility for that portion of the medical 2care. 3 (d) No emergency medical services vehicles or personnel 4from another State or nation may be utilized on a regular basis 5to pick up and transport patients within this State without 6first complying with this Act and all rules adopted by the 7Department pursuant to this Act. 8 (e) This Act shall not prevent emergency medical se
View Illinois HB 5193 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.