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| 1 | - | 24 LC 33 9713S | |
| 2 | - | The House Committee on Health offers the following substitute to SB 515: | |
| 1 | + | 24 SB 515/CSFA | |
| 2 | + | Senate Bill 515 | |
| 3 | + | By: Senators Hatchett of the 50th, Watson of the 1st, Kirkpatrick of the 32nd, Williams of | |
| 4 | + | the 25th, Anderson of the 24th and others | |
| 5 | + | AS PASSED SENATE | |
| 3 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 4 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | - | To amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to1 | |
| 8 | + | To amend Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to | |
| 9 | + | 1 | |
| 6 | 10 | general provisions regarding emergency medical services, so as to provide for a two-year2 | |
| 7 | 11 | pilot program to provide additional ambulances to certain areas of this state; to provide for3 | |
| 8 | 12 | definitions; to provide for eligibility; to provide for acquisition of the ambulances; to provide4 | |
| 9 | 13 | for termination of the pilot program and automatic repeal of the statute; to provide for related5 | |
| 10 | 14 | matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.6 | |
| 11 | 15 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 | |
| 12 | 16 | SECTION 1.8 | |
| 13 | 17 | Chapter 11 of Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general9 | |
| 14 | 18 | provisions regarding emergency medical services, is amended by adding a new Code section10 | |
| 15 | 19 | to read as follows:11 | |
| 16 | - | "31-11-13.12 | |
| 20 | + | "31-11-13. | |
| 21 | + | 12 | |
| 17 | 22 | (a) As used in this Code section, the term:13 | |
| 18 | 23 | (1) 'Ambulance' means a motor vehicle that is specially constructed and equipped and14 | |
| 19 | 24 | is intended to be used for the emergency transportation of patients.15 | |
| 20 | - | S. B. 515 | |
| 21 | - | - 1 - 24 | |
| 25 | + | S. B. 515 | |
| 26 | + | - 1 - 24 SB 515/CSFA | |
| 22 | 27 | (2) 'Region' means a geographical district designated by the department as the local16 | |
| 23 | 28 | coordinating entity in accord with Code Section 31-11-3 that administers the EMSC17 | |
| 24 | 29 | program for each health district designated by the department.18 | |
| 25 | 30 | (b) The department shall establish a pilot program to be developed and implemented by19 | |
| 26 | 31 | the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission and the State Office of EMS and Trauma,20 | |
| 27 | 32 | in collaboration with the Region 2 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and the21 | |
| 28 | 33 | Region 8 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, during Fiscal Years 2025 and22 | |
| 29 | 34 | 2026.23 | |
| 30 | 35 | (c) Such pilot program shall provide for the procurement and operation of four24 | |
| 31 | 36 | ambulances, of which:25 | |
| 32 | 37 | (1) One unit shall be dedicated to an air ambulance crew for the purpose of additional26 | |
| 33 | 38 | response to the air ambulance or to allow such crew to respond in the event they are27 | |
| 34 | 39 | unable to fly;28 | |
| 35 | 40 | (2) One shall be dedicated primarily to time sensitive emergent inter-facility transfers;29 | |
| 36 | 41 | and30 | |
| 37 | 42 | (3) One shall be assigned to Region 2 and one shall be assigned to Region 8. The31 | |
| 38 | 43 | primary use of each ambulance shall be to support coverage for counties that dispatch32 | |
| 39 | - | ambulances on extended time sensitive emergent patient transfers. | |
| 40 | - | ||
| 41 | - | ||
| 42 | - | ||
| 44 | + | ambulances on extended time sensitive emergent patient transfers. Each ambulance shall33 | |
| 45 | + | also be used for other relief measures including nonemergency transfers, ensuring critical34 | |
| 46 | + | and specialty care transports are completed and other priorities established during the35 | |
| 47 | + | pilot program.36 | |
| 43 | 48 | (d) No later than December 1, 2024, the department shall release a request for proposals37 | |
| 44 | 49 | on the Georgia Procurement Registry, pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 50-5-69,38 | |
| 45 | 50 | to identify one or more ambulance providers to fulfill the pilot program.39 | |
| 46 | 51 | (e) The directors of Region 2 and Region 8 shall each submit monthly a detailed written40 | |
| 47 | 52 | report to the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission and the State Office of EMS and41 | |
| 48 | 53 | Trauma. Such reports shall contain information on the implementation and effectiveness42 | |
| 49 | - | S. B. 515 | |
| 50 | - | - 2 - 24 | |
| 54 | + | S. B. 515 | |
| 55 | + | - 2 - 24 SB 515/CSFA | |
| 51 | 56 | of the additional ambulances on the regions' emergency medical services system, including,43 | |
| 52 | 57 | but not limited to, data relative to the activity and usage of the ambulances and the impact44 | |
| 53 | 58 | on service delivery. Such reports shall be submitted on the fifteenth day of the month45 | |
| 54 | 59 | following the first full month of service of the ambulance provided to such region under46 | |
| 55 | 60 | this pilot program.47 | |
| 56 | - | (f) The pilot program created by this Code section shall terminate two years after the pilot48 | |
| 57 | - | program's start date and this Code section shall be repealed by operation of law on June 30,49 | |
| 58 | - | 2028.50 | |
| 59 | - | (g) The pilot program created by this Code section is subject to appropriation."51 | |
| 60 | - | SECTION 2.52 | |
| 61 | - | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.53 | |
| 62 | - | S. B. 515 (SUB) | |
| 61 | + | (f) The pilot program created by this Code section shall terminate June 30, 2027, and this48 | |
| 62 | + | Code section shall be repealed by operation of law on such date.49 | |
| 63 | + | (g) The pilot program created by this Code section is subject to appropriation.”50 | |
| 64 | + | SECTION 2.51 | |
| 65 | + | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.52 | |
| 66 | + | S. B. 515 | |
| 63 | 67 | - 3 - |