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29		-	~~BILL NO.~~ ~~1441 By: Rosino of the Senate~~
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33		-	~~Roe of the House~~
	33	+	SENATE BILL NO. 1441 By: Rosino
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38		-	[ ambulance service transports - exemption from
39		-	certain regulation - effective date ]
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	39	+	An Act relating to emergency medical services ;
	40	+	amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -2515, which relates
	41	+	to ambulance service transports ; broadening exemption
	42	+	from certain regulation; updating statutory language;
	43	+	and providing an effective date .
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44	49		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
45	50		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, S ection 1-2515, is
46	51		amended to read as follows:
47	52		Section 1-2515. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
48	53		title, Emergency Medical Services emergency medical services (EMS)
49	54		Regions regions, Ambulance Service ambulance service districts or
50	55		municipalities are hereby authorized to regulate and control,
51	56		pursuant to duly enacted ordinance or regulation, Ambulance Service
52	57		ambulance service transports originating within the jurisdiction of
53	58		such EMS Regions regions, Ambulance Service ambulance service
54	59		districts or municipalities.
55	60		B. Any ordinance or regulation ad opted pursuant to subsection A
56	61		of this section shall meet and may exceed, but shall not be in
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58		-	Health for Ambulance Service ambulance service transports.
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	89	+	contravention of, the st andards promulgated by the State Board of
	90	+	Health for Ambulance Service ambulance service transports.
85	91		C. 1. Any ordinance or regulation a dopted by an EMS Region
86	92		region, Ambulance Service ambulance service district or a
87	93		municipality may establish a sole -provider system for stretcher van
88	94		and/or Ambulance Service ambulance service transports; provided,
89	95		however, any such designated or contracte d sole-provider which is
90	96		not an EMS Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance service
91	97		district, municipality, or other public e ntity shall be selected by
92	98		competitive bidding.
93	99		2. A contract entered into pursuant to such bidding shall be
94	100		with the lowest and best bidder and may be for an initial term of
95	101		such duration as deemed operationally and fiscally prudent by the
96	102		contracting agency. The term of such sole -provider contract shall
97	103		be made public at the time bids are solicited, which solicitation
98	104		shall be not less than sixty (60) days prior to the cont ract start
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100	106		D. Any EMS Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance service
101	107		district or municipality m ay establish a sole-provider system for
102	108		stretcher van and/or Ambulance Service ambulance service transports
103	109		and may allow additional geographic or political subdivisions to
104	110		join such a system a t any time. Whenever such a geographic or
105	111		political subdivision joins such a sol e-provider system, competiti ve
106	112		bidding shall not be required and provision f or servicing the new
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	140	+	jurisdiction may be accomplished by amending the existing sole -
	141	+	provider contract. Furthermore, in the event the expansion of the
135	142		service area of the EMS Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance
136	143		service district or the municipality is substan tial (in the sole
137	144		opinion of the governing body of the EMS Region region, Ambulance
138	145		Service ambulance service district or municipality), the existing
139	146		sole-provider contract may be extended for a peri od sufficient to
140	147		allow reasonable opportunity for recover y of capital costs of
141	148		expansion, as determined by the contracting agency.
142	149		E. The provisions of this section shall not be construed or
143	150		applied to limit the operation of any emergency medical service
144	151		district established a nd operating pursuant to Section 9C of Article
145	152		10 of the Oklahoma Constituti on; provided, however, that, upon
146	153		invitation and approval of a majority of the voters of the distri ct,
147	154		any such district is hereby authorized to join by appro priate
148	155		agreement any system established by an EMS Region region, Ambulance
149	156		Service ambulance service district or a municipa lity pursuant to the
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151	158		F. The following types of patient transports shal l be exempt
152	159		from regulation by EMS Regions regions, Ambulance Service ambulance
153	160		service districts or municipalities:
154	161		1. Any ambulance owned or operated by, or under contract to
155	162		perform ambulance transport services for, the Federal or State state
156	163		government, or any agency thereof;
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	191	+	2. Any ambulance owned and operated by a hospital, or under
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185	193		patient of the owner -hospital, which patient has been admitted to
186	194		and not been discharged from the owner -hospital, to or from another
187	195		hospital or medical care facility at which the pati ent receives a
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189	197		hospital;
190	198		3. Any ambulance en gaged in a routine transport call to
191	199		transport a patient from a hospital, nursing home, or dialysis
192	200		center located within an EMS Region region, Ambulance Service
193	201		ambulance service district or municipality to any location outside
194	202		the EMS Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance service district
195	203		or municipality;
196	204		4. Any ambulance engaged in the transport of a patient from a
197	205		location outside an EMS Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance
198	206		service district or municipality to a location inside an EMS Region
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201	209		5. Any ambulance engaged i n the interstate transport of a
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203	211		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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	212	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
	213	+	February 9, 2022 - DO PASS