General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1010
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4146
*04146_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1010
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4146
*04146_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTAL FIRST RESPONDER LICENSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-180 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (k) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):
(NEW) (k) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any emergency medical service organization may apply to the Commissioner of Public Health for a supplemental first responder license. Such license shall be issued to an emergency medical service organization that shows proof satisfactory to the commissioner that it meets the minimum standards of the commissioner in the areas of training, equipment, personnel and insurance. Applicants for such license shall use the forms prescribed by the commissioner and shall submit such application to the commissioner accompanied by an annual fee of two hundred dollars. Such application shall not require letters of support or approval from a primary service area responder that operates in the service area identified in the application or a chief elected officer or a chief executive officer of a municipality in such service area. Upon determination by the commissioner that an applicant is financially responsible, properly certified and otherwise qualified to be a supplemental first responder, the commissioner shall issue such license effective for one year to such applicant. If the commissioner determines that an applicant for such license is not so qualified, the commissioner shall notify such applicant of the denial of the application with a statement of the reasons for such denial. Such applicant shall have thirty days to request a hearing on the denial of the application.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 19a-181b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(a) Not later than July 1, 2002, each municipality shall establish a local emergency medical services plan. Such plan shall include the written agreements or contracts developed between the municipality, its emergency medical services providers and the public safety answering point, as defined in section 28-25, that covers the municipality. The plan shall also include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The identification of levels of emergency medical services, including, but not limited to: (A) The public safety answering point responsible for receiving emergency calls and notifying and assigning the appropriate provider to a call for emergency medical services; (B) the emergency medical services provider that is notified for initial response; (C) basic ambulance service; (D) advanced life support level; and (E) mutual aid call arrangements;
(2) The name of the person or entity responsible for carrying out each level of emergency medical services that the plan identifies;
(3) The establishment of performance standards for each segment of the municipality's emergency medical services system; [and]
(4) Any subcontracts, written agreements or mutual aid call agreements that emergency medical services providers may have with other entities to provide services identified in the plan; and
(5) A description of the coordination and cooperation between the primary service area responder and any emergency medical services provider with a supplemental first responder license.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 19a-180
Sec. 2 October 1, 2015 19a-181b(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
19a-180
Sec. 2
October 1, 2015
19a-181b(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) permit any emergency medical services provider to apply to the Commissioner of Public Health for a supplemental first responder license, and (2) require that the local emergency medical services plan include a description of the coordination and cooperation between the primary service area responder and an emergency medical services provider with a supplemental first responder license.
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