IL SB1471

Expands the definition of "emergency services" in the Illinois Insurance Code to include ground ambulance transportation and any health care service provided to evaluate or treat conditions requiring immediate unscheduled medical care

Removes ground ambulance services from the exclusion list, meaning ground ambulance providers would now be subject to the same surprise billing protections as other emergency health care providers

Clarifies that ambulance providers are not required to bill patients or insurers when prohibited by other laws, rules, ordinances, contracts, or agreements

Applies surprise billing protections to units of local government that either directly operate ambulance services or contract with ambulance providers to furnish emergency services

Limits home rule powers by prohibiting local governments from regulating ambulance providers in ways inconsistent with these provisions