Emergency Medical Services
Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to air ambulance memberships. [HB-489]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit the sale of air ambulance membership agreements to individuals enrolled in the state's Medical Assistance Program; require air ambulance membership organizations to make certain disclosures; permit Attorney General to investigate alleged violations and seek remedies.
Sponsored by: Rep. Deanna L. Frazier Gordon
To Banking & Insurance (h) on 02/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Public and Nonpublic Middle and High Schools - Venue-Specific Emergency Action Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act) [HB-1219]
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[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Sports ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring that each public middle school and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; requiring each nonpublic middle school and high school that receives State funding to develop a venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities; specifying the contents of a nonpublic venue-specific emergency action plan; and requiring that the emergency action plans be reviewed and updated annually.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric D. Ebersole
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 163 on 04/25/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
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AN ACT relating to emergency medical services. [HB-484]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish the emergency medical services education grant program under the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to be used for student tuition support, agency support, and emergency medical services training or educational institution support.
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Lee Meredith
Signed By Governor (acts Ch. 217) on 04/19/2024
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Kentucky 2024 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to special license plates. [HB-481]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 186 to create an EMS special license plate; limit eligibility to certain licensed EMS personnel or retirees with 15 years of service; specify that the EMS plate requires no minimum number of applications prior to production; amend KRS 186.162 to establish the fees for the EMS special license plate; amend KRS 186.166 to update the list of special license plates to be perpetually produced; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
Sponsored by: Rep. Pamela D. Stevenson
Introduced In House on 02/07/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact - City of Frederick [HB-1110]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing the City of Frederick to participate in the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ken Kerr
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 921 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Emergency Medical Services - Registration Surcharge [HB-1038]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
Increasing from $17.00 to $21.25 for certain motor vehicles the annual surcharge supporting emergency medical services in the State to be paid in addition to the annual registration fee.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana M Stein
Hearing 2/29 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established [HB-1167]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board by September 1, 2026; and authorizing the Governor to include an appropriation in the annual budget bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason C. Buckel
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 293 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Emergency Medical Services - Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission - Establishment [HB-1143]
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[Public Health ]
Establishing the Maryland Emergency Department Wait Time Reduction Commission to address factors throughout the health care system that contribute to increased emergency department wait times; authorizing the Commission to request data from certain entities; and requiring the Commission, beginning November 1, 2025, to report annually to the Governor and General Assembly on its activities and findings including updates on the development, impact and, implementation of the recommended programs on emergency department wait times.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 844 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Emergency Services - Funding [SB-1092]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
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[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Increasing the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge to $40.00 per year for certain motor vehicles; altering certain provisions of law related to the Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund, including provisions related to the contents and sources of the funding and the determination of eligibility for disbursements; requiring the Governor, beginning in fiscal year 2026, to include an annual appropriation of at least $16,500,000 to the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Guy J Guzzone
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 719 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Public Middle and High Schools - Cardiac Emergency Response Plans for Athletic Facilities (The Bailey Bullock Act) [SB-1024]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring that each public middle and high school alter the venue-specific emergency action plan for athletic facilities to incorporate a cardiac emergency response plan; and requiring each public middle and high school to review and update the cardiac emergency response plan each year.
Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin T. Brooks
Rereferred To Ways And Means on 04/05/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Workers' Compensation - Occupational Disease Presumptions - First Responders [SB-1069]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
Providing that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder is presumed under certain circumstances to have an occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable under workers' compensation law; and specifying that the presumption does not limit any other right or claim an individual may have under workers' compensation law.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Emergency Services - Automated External Defibrillator and Naloxone Co-Location Initiative - Requirements for Public Buildings [SB-1099]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring the State Emergency Medical Services Board, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop and implement an initiative under the Public Access Automated External Defibrillator Program to require that naloxone be co-located with each automated external defibrillator placed in a public building; establishing a certain immunity from liability for individuals who administer naloxone made available under the initiative in response to a known or suspected drug overdose; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James C. Rosapepe
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 764 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Maryland Center for School Safety - Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program - Established [SB-1090]
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[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishing the Secure Schools Emergency Response Grant Program to be administered by the Maryland Center for School Safety to provide funds to improve emergency notification systems and communications between public elementary and secondary school personnel, a public safety answering point, and a public safety agency during emergency events; requiring the Center to ensure that the Program is operating and available to each county board on or before September 1, 2026; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl C. Kagan
Referred Rules And Executive Nominations on 04/08/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Frederick County – Gaming – Acceptance of Credit as Payment [HB-1015]
[Gaming ]
Authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/06/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Higher Education - Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship - Alterations [HB-899]
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[Public Safety ]
Altering the Charles W. Riley Firefighter and Ambulance and Rescue Squad Member Scholarship to make the scholarship applicable to all programs at institutions of higher education in the State; altering the maximum award available, when a scholarship should be credited, and to whom initial awards should be provided under the scholarship; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jazz Lewis
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 223 on 04/25/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Somerset County – Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services [HB-975]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or create an entity or a body to administer the County's affairs in the County relating to fire, rescue, and emergency medical services; and requiring the County Commissioners to establish an Emergency Services Advisory Council to make certain recommendations under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Charles James Otto
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 984 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Somerset County - Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Medical Services [SB-807]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing the County Commissioners of Somerset County to enact local laws and adopt other measures to manage, direct, and regulate fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in the County; authorizing the County Commissioners to authorize or create an entity or a body to administer the County's affairs in the County relating to fire, rescue, and emergency medical services; and requiring the County Commissioners to establish an Emergency Services Advisory Council to make certain recommendations under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Carozza
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 985 on 05/16/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Dorchester County - County Applicants - Polygraph Examination [SB-809]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
Exempting applicants for employment as a paramedic or an emergency medical technician with the Emergency Medical Services Division or as a 9-1-1 Center dispatcher at the Dorchester County 9-1-1 Center within the Dorchester County Department of Emergency Services from the prohibition on employers requiring or demanding that an individual submit to or take a polygraph examination as a condition of prospective employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Mautz
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 379 on 04/25/2024
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Utah 2024 General Session
Local Option Sales Tax Amendments [HB-442]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Local Option Sales Tax Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Derrin R. Owens
Senate/ Strike Enacting Clause In Senate Secretary on 03/01/2024
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
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Physician Assistants - Revisions (Physician Assistant Modernization Act of 2024) [HB-806]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Disaster Relief ]
Requiring that a physician assistant have a collaboration agreement, rather than a delegation agreement, in order to practice as a physician assistant; altering the scope of practice of a physician assistant; altering the education required for licensure as a physician assistant; authorizing physician assistants who are employees of the federal government to perform acts, tasks, or functions during a certain disaster; and requiring the State Board to review and update the list of duties for physician assistants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne R Kaiser
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 920 on 05/16/2024