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SENATE BILL NO. 1451 – Air medical service, coordination

SENATE BILL NO. 1451

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S1451......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
AIR MEDICAL SERVICE - Amends existing law to provide that for the purposes
of identifying the closest appropriate transportation resource and ensuring
air medical crew safety, all requests for air medical service shall be
coordinated through the state emergency medical communications center.
                                                                        
02/17    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/18    Rpt prt - to St Aff

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 S1451
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1451
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO EMERGENCY AIR MEDICAL SERVICES;  AMENDING  SECTION  39-144,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING THE CLOSEST APPRO-
  4        PRIATE TRANSPORTATION RESOURCE AND ENSURING AIR MEDICAL CREW  SAFETY,  ALL
  5        REQUESTS  FOR  AIR  MEDICAL SERVICE SHALL BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE STATE
  6        EMERGENCY MEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 1.  That Section 39-144, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        39-144.  AMBULANCE  MINIMUM  STANDARDS.  Each  ambulance  service and non-
 11    transport service shall be licensed by the department and shall meet the  fol-
 12    lowing standards:
 13        (1)  Ambulance  vehicles -- Each new ambulance vehicle purchased after the
 14    effective date of these standards shall conform to the ambulance vehicle spec-
 15    ifications for that type established by the board of health and  welfare.  The
 16    patient  compartment  of each ambulance vehicle shall be maintained in a clean
 17    and sanitary condition.
 18        (2)  Ambulance equipment -- Each ambulance  shall  be  equipped  with  the
 19    patient care items deemed essential for that type of ambulance by the board of
 20    health and welfare.
 21        (3)  Ambulance personnel -- There shall be at least two (2) ambulance crew
 22    members  on  each  patient  transport, with the crew member delivering patient
 23    care being, at a minimum,  a  state  certified  emergency  medical  technician
 24    (EMT),  except  that  with the patient's and the patient's physician's permis-
 25    sion, an EMT attendant shall not be required on routine, nonemergency transfer
 26    calls.
 27        (4)  Ambulance dispatch -- Each ambulance service shall have a twenty-four
 28    (24) hour dispatch arrangement and shall respond to  calls  on  a  twenty-four
 29    (24) hour basis.
 30        (5)  Ambulance  inspections  and licensing -- The department of health and
 31    welfare, EMS bureau, shall conduct inspections at least  annually  related  to
 32    ambulance  service licensing or shall contract to have the inspections carried
 33    out. Each ambulance and non-transport  vehicle  shall  have  a  current  state
 34    license in order to operate.
 35        (6)  Ambulance  minimum standards waiver -- The controlling authority pro-
 36    viding ambulance services may petition the board of  health  and  welfare  for
 37    waiver  of the ambulance standards of this act, if compliance with these stan-
 38    dards would cause undue hardship on  the  community  being  served,  or  would
 39    result in abandonment of ambulance services.
 40        (7)  All  ambulances  in  service  on  the  effective date of this act are
 41    accorded "grandfather rights," and are therefore  exempt  from  the  ambulance
 42    vehicle specifications established by the board of health and welfare, whether
 43    or not such ambulances continue under the control of the same authority.
                                                                        
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  1        (8)  For  the  purposes of identifying the closest appropriate transporta-
  2    tion resource and ensuring air medical crew safety, all requests for air medi-
  3    cal service shall be coordinated through the state emergency medical  communi-
  4    cations center.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                       RS 10037

The purpose of this legislation is to clarify that the 
coordination of air medical services shall be through the 
state emergency center. This is important in order to 
insure that the closest appropriate air transportation 
resource will be identified and used in the most effective 
and safe manner possible. This coordination is also critical 
in order to ensure air medical crew safety.

                     FISCAL NOTE

None

CONTACT: Sheila Sorensen
332-1319

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE                    S 145