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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 526
5	5	October 16, 2023 - Introduced by Senators MARKLEIN, BALLWEG, FELZKOWSKI, NASS,
6	6	TOMCZYK, STAFSHOLT and QUINN, cosponsored by Representatives TRANEL,
7	7	CALLAHAN, EDMING, GREEN, MAGNAFICI, MOSES, MURSAU, NOVAK, O'CONNOR,
8	8	PENTERMAN, PRONSCHINSKE, ROZAR and VANDERMEER. Referred to Committee
9	9	on Health.
10	10	AN ACT to renumber and amend 15.195 (8); and to create 15.195 (8) (b) of the
11	11	statutes; relating to: adding rural emergency medical services providers to the
12	12	Emergency Medical Services Board.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill adds two voting members to the Emergency Medical Services Board,
15	15	which is attached to the Department of Health Services. The bill provides that at
16	16	least two members of the board must be an emergency medical responder, emergency
17	17	medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical
18	18	technician - intermediate and have a local credentialing agreement solely with a
19	19	volunteer department that serves a rural area or multiple volunteer departments
20	20	that serve a rural area. For purposes of that requirement, the bill defines “rural
21	21	area” as an area for which the population of the largest single municipality in the
22	22	volunteer department's service area is less than 10,000. The bill specifies that the
23	23	two new members of the board appointed on or after the effective date of the bill must
24	24	meet the new criteria established under the bill, specifically, that each is an
25	25	emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency
26	26	medical technician, or emergency medical technician - intermediate who has a local
27	27	credentialing agreement solely with a volunteer department that serves a rural area
28	28	or multiple volunteer departments that serve a rural area.
29	29	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
30	30	enact as follows:
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35	35	SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 526
36	36	SECTION 1. 15.195 (8) of the statutes is renumbered 15.195 (8) (a) and amended
37	37	to read:
38	38	15.195 (8) (a) There is created an emergency medical services board, which is
39	39	attached to the department of health services under s. 15.03. The board shall consist
40	40	of 11 13 voting members, appointed for 3-year terms, who have an interest and
41	41	expertise in emergency medical services issues, who represent the various
42	42	geographical areas of the state, and, subject to par. (b), who include representatives
43	43	of the various types of emergency medical services providers.
44	44	(c) In addition to the 11 13 voting members, the secretary of health services,
45	45	the secretary of transportation, the director of the technical college system board and
46	46	the state medical director for emergency medical services or their designees shall
47	47	serve as nonvoting members of the board.
48	48	SECTION 2. 15.195 (8) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
49	49	15.195 (8) (b) At least 2 of the voting members of the board shall satisfy all of
50	50	the following:
51	51	1. Be an emergency medical responder, as defined in s. 256.01 (4p), an
52	52	emergency medical technician, as defined in s. 256.01 (6), an advanced emergency
53	53	medical technician, as defined in s. 256.01 (1k), or an emergency medical technician
54	54	- intermediate, as defined in s. 256.01 (7).
55	55	2. Have a local credentialing agreement solely with a volunteer department
56	56	that serves a rural area or multiple volunteer departments that serve a rural area.
57	57	For purposes of this subdivision, “rural area” means an area for which the population
58	58	of the largest single municipality, as defined in s. 5.02 (11), in the volunteer
59	59	department's service area is less than 10,000.
60	60	SECTION 3.0Nonstatutory provisions.
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88	88	SECTION 3
89	89	SENATE BILL 526
90	90	(1) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BOARD MEMBERS. The 2 additional members of
91	91	the emergency medical services board under s. 15.195 (8) that are appointed on or
92	92	after the effective date of this subsection shall meet the criteria required under s.
93	93	15.195 (8) (b).
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