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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION

SERVICES

     Introduced By: Representative Rebecca M. Kislak

     Date Introduced: March 25, 2022

     Referred To: House Health & Human Services

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 23-4.1-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-4.1 entitled "Emergency

Medical Transportation Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     23-4.1-2. Ambulance service coordinating advisory board.

     (a) The ambulance service coordinating advisory board is hereby created and shall consist

of twenty-five (25) members appointed as set out in this section. The governor shall appoint the

members of the board as follows: (1) One mayor, town administrator, town manager, or other

municipal official recommended by the senate president; (2) Eight (8) practicing, licensed

emergency medical technicians as follows: three (3) from a full-time, paid department, who shall

be recommended from the Rhode Island State Association of Fire Fighters, IAFF, AFL-CIO; two

(2) who are active E.M.S. administrators, one recommended by the Rhode Island Association of

Fire Chiefs and one recommended by the Rhode Island State Firemen's League from a volunteer

fire department; and two (2) recommended by the speaker of the house and one recommended by

the senate president; (3) One from the R.I. Hospital Association; (4) One recommended by from

the R.I. Medical Society; (5) One recommended by from the R.I. chapter of the American College

of Surgeons, committee on trauma; (6) One recommended by from the R.I. chapter of the American

College of Emergency Physicians; (7) One recommended by from the Rhode Island chapter of the

American Academy of Pediatrics; (8) Two (2) from a professional ambulance service; (9) Two (2)

from the general public; (10) Two (2) from Providence county who are active members of a public

ambulance service or fire department rescue squad unit, one from a full-time paid department and

one from a volunteer department; (11) Four (4), one each from the counties of Kent, Newport,

Bristol, and Washington, who shall be members of a public ambulance service or a fire department

rescue squad; and (12) One certified, emergency nurse in current practice who is a member of the

Emergency Room Nurses Association. The members of the board shall be chosen and shall hold

office for five (5) years and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. In the

month of February in each year, the governor shall appoint successors to the members of the board

whose terms shall expire in that year, to hold office until the first day of March in the fifth (5th)

year after their appointment and until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Any

vacancy that may occur in the board shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the

unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Each member may designate a

representative to attend in his or her absence by notifying the chair prior to that meeting of the

board. The board shall meet at least quarterly and to elect its officers annually.

     (b) The division of emergency medical services of the department of health shall provide

staff support to the board.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION

SERVICES

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     This act would amend the composition of the ambulance service coordinating advisory

board by calling for recommendations from various societies.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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