{"data":{"id":"us-il/410-ilcs-70-5.4","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"410 ILCS 70/5.4","heading":"Out-of-state hospitals.","body":"(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.\n(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:\n(i) consent to the jurisdiction of the Department in accordance with Section 2.06 of this Act;\n(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;\n(iii) use an Illinois State Police Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit to collect forensic evidence from an Illinois acute sexual assault survivor;\n(iv) ensure its staff cooperates with Illinois law enforcement agencies and are responsive to subpoenas issued by Illinois courts; and\n(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.","path":["CHAPTER 410 PUBLIC HEALTH","Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1531\u0026ChapterID=35\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:35Z","sha256":"6852588b9bdf0f40a1975ef01dd932afc997cf5962fbbbfc0e3824741cef576d","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/410-ilcs-70-5.3-1","next":"us-il/410-ilcs-70-5.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}