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HB374
73ZDVVE-1
By Representatives Hassell, Lipscomb, Hurst
RFD: Health
First Read: 27-Feb-25
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5 73ZDVVE-1 01/14/2025 JC (L)JC 2025-172
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First Read: 27-Feb-25
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, only an ambulance licensed
by the State Committee of Public Health may transport a
patient who requires a stretcher. An unlicensed medical
transport service may not transport a patient who
requires a stretcher.
This bill would authorize a medical transport
service to transport a patient who requires a
stretcher, gurney, or cot to medical care services in
non emergency medical circumstances.
This bill would also provide that the State
Committee of Public Health may adopt rules to enforce
its provisions.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to medical transport services; to authorize a
medical transport vehicle, other than an ambulance, to
transfer a patient on a stretcher, gurney, or cot in certain
non emergency medical circumstances; and to authorize the
State Committee of Public Health to adopt rules.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) The State Committee of Public Health
shall not prohibit a non emergency medical transport service
from transporting a patient on a stretcher, gurney, or cot,
provided that each of the following apply:
(1) The transport vehicle is designed and equipped to
hold a stretcher, gurney, or cot.
(2) The patient is being transported to or from a
medical care facility under non emergency circumstances,
including transportation to and from medical appointments. For
the purposes of this section, a non emergency circumstance
exists when the health and life of a patient is not at serious
risk without immediate medical treatment, such as uncontrolled
bleeding, a heart attack, an automobile accident, or other
serious trauma. The State Committee of Public Health may adopt
rules further defining a non emergency circumstance.
(b) The State Committee of Public Health may adopt
rules governing the operation and conduct of non emergency
medical transport services and vehicles pursuant to this
section.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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