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+type: "Bill"
+title: "FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTERS"
+description: "Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Requires a freestanding emergency center (FEC) to limits its participation in the EMS System strictly to receiving a limited number of ambulance runs by emergency medical vehicles as pre-approved by both the EMS Medical Director and the Department of Public Health and according to the FEC's 24-hour capabilities and protocols developed by the Resource Hospital within the FEC's designated EMS System. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "99th"
+identifier: "HB 4388"
+citation: "Illinois HB 4388 (99th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2016-01-05"
+last_action: "2016-08-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a388fe-6f33-40e2-b6c9-a50470eebf36"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4388&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=93155&SessionID=88&GA=99"
+source_hash: "af1f74549b4a14c4df0dc3be83d04d8463c3bdc88cb7fdba9342b707122418b7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 4388 (99th) — FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTERS
+
+Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Requires a freestanding emergency center (FEC) to limits its participation in the EMS System strictly to receiving a limited number of ambulance runs by emergency medical vehicles as pre-approved by both the EMS Medical Director and the Department of Public Health and according to the FEC's 24-hour capabilities and protocols developed by the Resource Hospital within the FEC's designated EMS System. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4388&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93155&DocNum=4388&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4388eng&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93155&DocNum=4388&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09900HB4388enr&GA=99&SessionId=88&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=93155&DocNum=4388&GAID=13&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **104–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Nybo — cosponsor (person)
+- Grant Wehrli — primary (person)
+- Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-05** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Grant Wehrli `filing`
+- **2016-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-14** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
+- **2016-02-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
+- **2016-02-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Ron Sandack
+- **2016-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell
+- **2016-03-02** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2016-04-04** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Grant Wehrli `amendment-introduction`
+- **2016-04-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-05** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
+- **2016-04-08** Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 22, 2016
+- **2016-04-13** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2016-04-13** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-13** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-04-13** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
+- **2016-04-14** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2016-04-14** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2016-04-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
+- **2016-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 104-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-04-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2016-04-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
+- **2016-04-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-27** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
+- **2016-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
+- **2016-05-03** Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2016
+- **2016-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2016-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2016
+- **2016-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
+- **2016-05-19** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
+- **2016-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2016-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2016-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-08-05** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-05** Effective Date August 5, 2016
+- **2016-08-05** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0710 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a388fe-6f33-40e2-b6c9-a50470eebf36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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