Sec. 3.22. EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force.

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(a)The EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task Force is created to address the following:

(1)the impact that the EMT and Paramedic shortage is having on this State's EMS System

and health care system;

(2)barriers to the training, recruitment, and retention of Emergency Medical

Technicians throughout this State;

(3)steps that the State of Illinois can take, including coordination and identification

of State and federal funding sources, to assist Illinois high schools, community colleges, and ground ambulance providers to train, recruit, and retain emergency medical technicians;

(4)the examination of current testing mechanisms for EMRs, EMTs, and Paramedics and the

utilization of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, including current pass rates by licensure level, national utilization, and test preparation strategies;

(5)how apprenticeship programs, local, regional, and statewide, can be utilized to

recruit and retain EMRs, EMTs, and Paramedics;

(6)how ground ambulance reimbursement affects the recruitment and retention of EMTs and

Paramedics; and

(7)all other areas that the Task Force deems necessary to examine and assist in the

recruitment and retention of EMTs and Paramedics.

(b)The Task Force shall be comprised of the following members:

(1)one member of the Illinois General Assembly, appointed by the President of the

Senate, who shall serve as co-chair;

(2)one member of the Illinois General Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the House

of Representatives;

(3)one member of the Illinois General Assembly, appointed by the Senate Minority Leader;

(4)one member of the Illinois General Assembly, appointed by the House Minority Leader,

who shall serve as co-chair;

(5)9 members representing private ground ambulance providers throughout this State

representing for-profit and non-profit rural and urban ground ambulance providers, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(6)3 members representing hospitals, appointed by the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, with one member representing safety-net hospitals and one member representing rural hospitals;

(7)3 members representing a statewide association of nursing homes, appointed by the

President of the Senate;

(8)one member representing the State Board of Education, appointed by the House

Minority Leader;

(9)2 EMS Medical Directors from a Regional EMS Medical Directors Committee, appointed

by the Governor; and

(10)one member representing the Illinois Community College Systems, appointed by the

Minority Leader of the Senate.

(c)Members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation.

(d)The Task Force shall convene at the call of the co-chairs and shall hold at least 6 meetings.

(e)The Task Force shall submit its final report to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than September 1, 2024, and upon the submission of its final report, the Task Force shall be dissolved.