General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6482
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 5674
*_____HB06482PH____032917____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6482
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 5674
*_____HB06482PH____032917____*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONNECTICUT TRAUMA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 19a-178a of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
(b) The advisory board shall consist of members appointed in accordance with the provisions of this subsection and shall include the Commissioner of Public Health, the department's emergency medical services medical director and the president of each of the regional emergency medical services councils, or their designees. The Governor shall appoint the following members: (1) One person from the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health; (2) three persons from the Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians; (3) one person from the Connecticut Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons; (4) one person from the Connecticut Medical Advisory Committee; (5) one person from the Emergency Nurses Association; (6) one person from the Connecticut Association of Emergency Medical Services Instructors; (7) one person from the Connecticut Hospital Association; (8) two persons representing commercial ambulance providers; (9) one person from the Connecticut State Firefighters Association; (10) one person from the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association; (11) one person from the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association; (12) one person from the Connecticut State Police; [and] (13) one person from the Connecticut Commission on Fire Prevention and Control; and (14) one person from the Connecticut Trauma Advisory Committee, established under subsection (c) of this section. An additional eighteen members shall be appointed as follows: (A) Three by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (B) three by the majority leader of the Senate; (C) four by the minority leader of the Senate; (D) three by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (E) two by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; and (F) 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.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall appoint a chairperson from among the members of the advisory board who shall serve for a term of one year. The advisory board shall elect a vice-chairperson and secretary. The advisory board shall have committees made up of such members as the chairperson shall appoint and such other interested persons as the committee members shall elect to membership. The advisory board may, from time to time, appoint nonmembers to serve on such ad hoc committees as it deems necessary to assist with its functions. The advisory board shall develop bylaws. The advisory board shall establish a Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Medical Advisory Committee and a Connecticut Trauma Advisory Committee as [a] standing [committee. The] committees. Each standing committee shall provide the commissioner, the advisory board and other ad hoc committees with advice and comment regarding the medical aspects of their projects. The commissioner shall, with the advice of the standing committees and the recommendation of the advisory board, adopt for use with the Connecticut trauma system, established pursuant to regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the contents of an admissions data dictionary based upon (1) current national standards set forth by the National Trauma Data Bank and the American College of Surgeons' Trauma Quality Improvement Program; and (2) national guidelines for field triage of injured patients. Each standing committee may submit reports directly to the commissioner regarding medically-related concerns that have not, in the standing committee's opinion, been satisfactorily addressed by the advisory board.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2017 19a-178a(b) and (c)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2017
19a-178a(b) and (c)
PH Joint Favorable
PH
Joint Favorable