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HB1542, by Rep. Corey Holland, R-Marlow, creates the Rural Emergency Medical Services Assistance Act of 2009.
HB1888, SB931, HB1359 The Rural Ambulance Service Act is also known as Title 19, sets up Ambulance Districts and funding for that District. It would allow any county to use the act to set up an Ambulance Districts. It also says by November 1, 2010, each county of this state shall present to the Legislature and Governor an emergency medical services coverage plan. The plan shall:
A. address funding issues and any gaps in emergency medical service coverage,
B. address county boundaries to ensure 9-1-1 operators are able to provide quick response, and
C. has been presented to county citizens for public comment.
If a county does not provide a plan in accordance with this section, then a licensed ambulance service shall no longer have a duty to act as required by law. It also says that counties can use any type of funding for the District, not just property tax, they can use other ideas like Oklahoma City and Tulsa has passed. It also rewrites Duty to Act and reads as follows:
A. There is a required duty to act upon the acceptance of an ambulance service license. All licensed ambulance services shall respond when called for an emergency within the primary service area of the ambulance, as defined by the description and map submitted with the most recent license application or renewal. The ambulance service shall respond regardless of the ability to pay of the patient.
B. If the ambulance service cannot physically respond within the limits of the Ambulance Service Districts Act, then the ambulance service called shall immediately call for mutual aid from a neighboring licensed ambulance service. Nonemergency, interfacility transfers are exempt from the requirements of this subsection.
SECTION 1. This act shall become effective <November 1, 2009>.
HB1359 also rewrites the Duty to Act.
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Rural Ambulance Service Stability Act”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1222 of Title 19, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding any administrative rule to the contrary, a licensed ambulance service shall not have a “duty to act” outside its medical service region or service area absent a written mutual aid or other prearranged agreement.
SB0992, by Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman, modifies language describing persons "qualified" in the use of an automated external defibrillator for purposes of granting civil liability immunity. It also removes language limiting immunity granted entities and persons who own or lease an automated external defibrillator.
SB1023, by Sen. Jonathan Nichols, R-Norman, modifies language related to emergency medical technicians.
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SB0944, by Sen. John Sparks, D-Norman, directs the Oklahoma Tax Commission to deposit revenue from the sale of the emergency medical technician license plate to the Emergency Medical Technician Death Benefit Revolving Fund
SB0958, by Sen. Susan Paddack, D-Ada, allows funds from the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund to be used for data collection and analysis related to emergency medical conditions such as stroke and cardiac events
Oklahoma EMS Coalition
PO Box 347
Kiefer, OK 74041
alt: 918-693-2279
lbarnes