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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3493 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2161
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael J. Finn
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Michael J. Finn6th Hampden1/20/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3493 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2161
By Representative Finn of West Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2161)
of Michael J. Finn for legislation to further regulate emergency or non-emergent medical
transport services. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2283 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act governing not for profit hospital system or service operating an ambulance service.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION XXX. Emergency Medical Services. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
2regulation, rule or law to the contrary, any not for profit acute care hospital system or service, or
3provider licensed under Chapter 111 of the General Laws, shall comply with Chapter 111C,
4Chapter 154 of the Acts of 2003 and Chapter 54 of the Acts of 2000, respectively, in order to
5administer and operate an emergency or non-emergent medical transport service, so-called, in the
6Commonwealth; provided, that if any such not for profit hospital system or service that is
7licensed under Chapter 111 of the General Laws is awarded a 911 contract, so-called, by a
8municipality, such not for profit hospital system or service shall contribute a minimum of 33% of
9the gross ambulance receipts toward the cost of such municipality’s fire based service for the
10purposes of enhancing such city or town’s public safety infrastructure and fire based services; 2 of 2
11provided further, that if a not for profit hospital system or service licensed under Chapter 111 of
12the General Laws is awarded a 911 contract, so-called, by a municipality, not for profit hospital
13system or service shall pay no less than 50% of the cost to operate the Public Safety Answering
14Point (PSAP), so-called, in order to support the dispatching of 911 services in such municipality;
15provided further, that any acute care hospital operating an emergency or non-emergent medical
16transport service prior to this law shall comply with the provisions of this act. The Department of
17Public Health shall promulgate regulations to administer the provisions of this section not later
18than 30 days after the enactment of this law.