(a) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the transfer of a patient in need of medical services from a hospital that has been designated as a trauma center by the Department in accordance with Section 3.90 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. (b) A transfer hospital, treatment hospital with approved pediatric transfer, or approved pediatric health care facility may transfer a sexual assault survivor to an out-of-state hospital that is located in a county that borders Illinois if the out-of-state hospital: (1) submits an areawide treatment plan approved by the Department; and (2) has certified the following to the Department in a form and manner prescribed by the Department that the out-of-state hospital will: (i) consent to the jurisdiction of the Department in accordance with Section 2.06 of this Act; (ii) comply with all requirements of this Act applicable to treatment hospitals, including, but not limited to, offering evidence collection to any Illinois sexual assault survivor who presents with a complaint of acute sexual assault and not billing the sexual assault survivor for the medical forensic examination or 180 days of follow-up healthcare; (iii) use an Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit to collect forensic evidence from an Illinois acute sexual assault survivor; (iv) ensure its staff cooperates with Illinois law enforcement agencies and are responsive to subpoenas issued by Illinois courts; and (v) provide appropriate transportation upon the completion of a medical forensic examination back to the transfer hospital or treatment hospital with pediatric transfer where the sexual assault survivor initially presented seeking a medical forensic examination, unless the sexual assault survivor chooses to arrange his or her own transportation. accordance with Section 2.06 of this Act; applicable to treatment hospitals, including, but not limited to, offering evidence collection to any Illinois sexual assault survivor who presents with a complaint of acute sexual assault and not billing the sexual assault survivor for the medical forensic examination or 180 days of follow-up healthcare; Evidence Collection Kit to collect forensic evidence from an Illinois acute sexual assault survivor; enforcement agencies and are responsive to subpoenas issued by Illinois courts; and completion of a medical forensic examination back to the transfer hospital or treatment hospital with pediatric transfer where the sexual assault survivor initially presented seeking a medical forensic examination, unless the sexual assault survivor chooses to arrange his or her own transportation.
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