General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5526
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 2386
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Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5526
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 2386
*02386_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD AND AN EMERGENCY SERVICES POLICY COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 19a-178a of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
(a) There is established within the Department of Public Health an Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board.
(b) The advisory board shall consist of members appointed in accordance with the provisions of this subsection and shall include: [the] The Commissioner of Public Health, [and] or the commissioner's designee; the department's emergency medical services medical director, or [their designees] the medical director's designee; and the president of each regional emergency medical services council. The Governor shall appoint the following members: One [person from each of the regional emergency medical services councils; one] person from the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health; three persons from the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians; one person from the Connecticut Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons; one person from the Connecticut Medical Advisory Committee; one person from the Emergency Department Nurses Association; one person from the Connecticut Association of Emergency Medical Services Instructors; one person from the Connecticut Hospital Association; two persons representing commercial ambulance providers; one person from the Connecticut Firefighters Association; one person from the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association; one person from the Connecticut Chiefs of Police Association; one person from the Connecticut State Police; and one person from the Connecticut Commission on Fire Prevention and Control. An additional eighteen members shall be appointed as follows: Three by the president pro tempore of the Senate; three by the majority leader of the Senate; four by the minority leader of the Senate; three by the speaker of the House of Representatives; two by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and three by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The appointees shall include a person with experience in municipal ambulance services; a person with experience in for-profit ambulance services; three persons with experience in volunteer ambulance services; a paramedic; an emergency medical technician; an advanced emergency medical technician; three consumers and four persons from state-wide organizations with interests in emergency medical services as well as any other areas of expertise that may be deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the advisory board.
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Office of Emergency Medical Services, established pursuant to section 19a-178 of the general statutes, shall study the establishment of an emergency services policy council. Not later than January 1, 2013, the office shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health concerning the results of such study. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations concerning the emergency services policy council's potential role in (1) training and certification of emergency medical technicians, and (2) the development of emergency services policies, procedures and clinical protocols.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2012 19a-178a(a) and (b)
Sec. 2 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2012
19a-178a(a) and (b)
Sec. 2
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To change the member appointments in the emergency medical services advisory board and to require the Office of Emergency Medical Services, within the Department of Public Health, to study the establishment of an emergency services policy council.
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