IL HB2216

Municipalities may charge reasonable fees to independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and similar congregate care facilities for lift-assist services provided by fire departments or emergency response units.

Fire protection districts may charge reasonable fees for the same lift-assist services, with fees capped at actual personnel and equipment costs for providing those services.

Municipalities and fire protection districts may require facilities to enter into written agreements to reimburse them for costs of injuries suffered by their personnel while providing lift-assist services, including medical treatment, disability payments, and pension costs.

Facilities with such reimbursement agreements cannot be made third parties to employee injury claims and have no right to intervene in lawsuits filed by municipal or district employees for injuries sustained during lift-assist services.

Lift-assist service is defined as responding to help lift a patient or individual from one position to another and excludes ambulance transportation to health care facilities.