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Rep. Deb Conroy
Filed: 5/21/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 693
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 693, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | in Section 5, in Sec. 3.85, by replacing the last sentence of |
| 4 | | paragraph (3) of subsection (b) with the following:
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| 5 | | "The Department's standards and requirements with
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| 6 | | respect to vehicle staffing for private, nonpublic local
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| 7 | | government employers must allow for an alternative rural |
| 8 | | staffing models that include an EMR who drives an
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| 9 | | ambulance with a licensed EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, Paramedic, or
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| 10 | | PHRN, as appropriate, in the patient compartment providing
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| 11 | | care to the patient pursuant to protocols developed by the |
| 12 | | EMS Medical Director for an EMS System and must allow for |
| 13 | | an alternative rural staffing model for those vehicle |
| 14 | | service providers that serve a rural or semi-rural |
| 15 | | population of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants and exclusively |
| 16 | | uses volunteers, paid-on-call, or a combination thereof."; |
| 17 | | and |