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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7201
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING A SUPPLEMENTAL PARAMEDIC.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Ambulance service", "emergency medical service organization", 2
"paramedic intercept service" and "patient" have the same meanings as 3
provided in section 19a-175 of the general statutes; 4
(2) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the same meaning as 5
provided in section 19a-180b of the general statutes; 6
(3) "Paramedic" means an individual licensed pursuant to chapter 7
384d of the general statutes as a paramedic; 8
(4) "Paramedic service" means treatment provided to a patient by a 9
paramedic acting within the scope of such paramedic's practice; 10
(5) "Supplemental paramedic" means an emergency medical service 11
organization that (A) holds a certificate of authorization by the 12
Commissioner of Public Health, (B) responds to a victim of sudden 13
illness or injury when available and when called upon, and (C) may 14
transport a patient, provide paramedic service or operate an ambulance 15
service or paramedic intercept service; and 16
(6) "UConn emergency medical service organization" means the 17 Substitute Bill No. 7201
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emergency medical service organization operated by the fire 18
department of The University of Connecticut on the university's campus 19
in Storrs. 20
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 19a-21
180 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Public Health may issue 22
a certificate of authorization for a supplemental paramedic to the 23
UConn emergency medical service organization. A certificate of 24
authorization shall be issued to the UConn emergency medical service 25
organization upon such organization showing proof satisfactory to the 26
commissioner that such organization (1) meets the minimum standards 27
of the commissioner in the areas of training, equipment and emergency 28
medical services personnel, and (2) maintains liability insurance in an 29
amount not less than one million dollars. The application for such 30
certificate of authorization shall be made in a form and manner 31
prescribed by the commissioner. Upon the commissioner's 32
determination that the applicant is qualified as a supplemental 33
paramedic, the commissioner shall issue to such applicant a certificate 34
of authorization that shall be effective for two years. Such certificate of 35
authorization may be renewable biennially. If the commissioner 36
determines that the applicant for such license is not so qualified, the 37
commissioner shall provide such applicant with written notice of the 38
denial of the application with a statement of the reasons for such denial. 39
Not later than thirty days after receipt of such notice, the applicant may 40
request a hearing concerning the denial of the application. Any hearing 41
conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance 42
with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes. If the 43
commissioner's denial of a certificate of authorization is sustained after 44
such hearing, the applicant may make new application not less than one 45
year after the date on which such denial was sustained. 46
(c) The commissioner may suspend or revoke the holder's certificate 47
of authorization for a supplemental paramedic if the holder does not 48
maintain the minimum standards of the commissioner pursuant to 49
subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section and liability insurance 50
pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section or violates 51 Substitute Bill No. 7201
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any provision of chapter 368d of the general statutes. The holder shall 52
have an opportunity to show compliance with all requirements for the 53
retention of such certificate of authorization. 54
Sec. 2. Section 19a-180c of the general statutes is repealed and the 55
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 56
(a) For the purposes of this section, "primary service area responder" 57
has the same meaning as provided in section 19a -175, [and] 58
"supplemental first responder" has the same meaning as provided in 59
section 19a-180b and "supplemental paramedic" has the same meaning 60
as provided in section 1 of this act. 61
(b) If any combination of a primary service area responder, a member 62
of a supplemental paramedic and a supplemental first responder are 63
[both] on the scene of an emergency medical call at the same time, the 64
primary service area responder shall control and direct emergency 65
activities at such scene. If a member of a supplemental paramedic and a 66
supplemental first responder are both on the scene of an emergency 67
medical call at the same time, the supplemental paramedic shall control 68
and direct emergency activities at such scene. 69
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 19a-180c
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(b), "shall be renewable" was changed to "may be renewable"
for accuracy; in Section 1(c), the first sentence was redrafted for accuracy
and clarity; and Section 2(b) was redrafted for accuracy and clarity.
PS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO