This bill allows registered nurses and licensed practical nurses to serve on ambulance crews alongside or instead of traditional emergency medical technicians, expanding who can provide emergency medical care during ambulance runs. The bill also creates liability protections for nurses working on ambulances and establishes that a physician assistant or nurse practitioner can supervise an ambulance service instead of requiring a physician medical director. These changes give ambulance services more flexibility in staffing while maintaining medical oversight of emergency care.
The amendment removes a hardship exemption provision that would have allowed ambulance services to staff runs with just an emergency medical responder plus a registered nurse, instead making nurses a standard alternative option alongside EMTs and advanced life support personnel on all ambulance crews. This **STRENGTHENS** the bill's original purpose by making nurse-staffed ambulances more consistently available rather than limiting them to services granted special hardship status.
This amendment converts the bill from its engrossed (committee) version to its enrolled (final passed) version by removing all markup language and procedural headers, and making one substantive correction to a statute citation (changing "34-23 11-12.2" to "34-11-12.2") to fix what appears to be a drafting error. The change STRENGTHENS the bill by ensuring the correct legal reference for program director authorization.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 254
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 214
Signed by the President S.J. 171
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 199
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 144
Health and Human Services Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 5
Health and Human Services Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 5
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Health and Human Services S.J. 92
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0. H.J. 115
Health and Human Services Certified uncontested, placed on consent
Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0.
Health and Human Services Motion to amend
Health and Human Services Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House Health and Human Services H.J. 12
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