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HB 2253 Emergency Medical Services Plan, statewide; new requirements, and deletion of cross references.

Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan.  Adds several new requirements to the Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan developed by the Board of Health. These requirements include (i) publishing the Plan, (ii) expanding paramedic and advanced life support training, (iii) establishing and maintaining a process for crisis intervention and peer support services for emergency medical services and public safety personnel, a statewide emergency medical services for children program, a statewide system of health and medical emergency response teams, and a program to improve dispatching of emergency medical services, and (iv) identifying and establishing best practices for managing agencies and improving response times. The bill also deletes an obsolete cross-reference relating to automated external defibrillators.


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