All Emergency Medical Services Legislation - Kentucky
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Latest Action: 11/07/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on State Government Bill Text Adjourn the Senate in loving memory and honor of Otto Wilson Goff. Comment on Bill SB213
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - To Natural Resources & Environment (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 352.640 to require emergency action plans to include the telephone numbers of an ambulance or first responders with which the licensee has made arrangements for 24-hour emergency medical assistance; the name and telephone numbers of the company that provides medical air evacuation service to the ambulance or first responders posted in the office at the mine site; and the global positioning system coordinates for a primary and secondary medical evacuation site suitable for air evacuation; require coordinates to be posted on the mine site and maintained at the Kentucky State Police post or the 9-1-1 call center that serves the county where the mine site is located. HB667
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) Bill Text Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search as a Golden Alert to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management; establish title as the "Diantha Louise George Golden Alert Bill." HB662
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 186.412 to require the circuit clerk to ask each applicant for a driver's license to provide a phone number to be used in case of an emergency; prohibit the phone number from appearing on the face of the license, but be stored in the database; permit the applicant to choose not to provide a phone number. SB182
Latest Action: 03/20/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 186.412 to require the circuit clerk to ask each applicant for a driver's license to provide a name, address and telephone number to be used in case of an emergency; prohibit the emergency contact information from appearing on the face of the license, but to be stored in the database; permit the applicant to choose not to provide emergency contact information. HB597
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - To Labor & Industry (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 342.0011, relating to workers' compensation, to amend the definition of "injury" to provide a rebuttable presumption of injury for an emergency medical technician, law enforcement officer, corrections worker, firefighter, police officer, or health-care worker who contracts a communicable disease resulting from exposure to bodily fluids and tissue. HB522
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapters 311, 313, 314, and 320 to require physicians, physician assistants, dentists, advanced registered nurses, and optometrists to provide services to patients transported to the office by ambulance; amend KRS 311.595, 311.850, 311.990, 313.130, 313.990, 314.091, 314.991, 320.310, and 320.990 to permit licensure boards to take disciplinary action for violation of this requirement and establish monetary penalties for violations of this requirement in the amount of $5,000 for the first offense, $10,000 for the second offense, and $15,000 for each violation thereafter. SB138
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - To Health & Welfare (S) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to state legislative findings that trauma care is a severe health problem and cause of death and disability, trauma care is limited in parts of the state, and an efficient and coordinated statewide trauma system is necessary; define "trauma," "trauma center," and "trauma center verification"; establish a statewide trauma care program in the Department for Public Health and specify goals and duties; require an advisory committee and specify membership; require the department to develop and implement a statewide trauma care system that includes prevention, continuing education for care providers, statewide guidelines and protocols, voluntary hospital verification as a trauma center, local and regional triage and transport protocols, and quality assurance and peer review; require the department to coordinate all activities related to trauma care and to receive assistance from other state agencies and boards; specify that data obtained by the registry [...] show full description HB462
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - To Health & Welfare (H) Bill Text Amend KRS 311A.140 to delete the requirement that a new emergency medical technician (EMT) shall be certified using the requirements and testing established by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) for initial certification; establish that for initial certification EMT's shall be certified using the requirements and testing established according to administrative regulations promulgated by the board; establish that the board shall not require additional testing or examinations for certification or recertification, except as provided in KRS 311A.060, and except for proficiency of new skills or knowledge or in areas of skill deterioration. SB125
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 109) Bill Text Amend KRS 39F.010 to define the term "impaired adult"; amend KRS 39F.020 to require the rescue squads organized to search for a missing impaired adult to cooperate with local media outlets in notifying the public about the search; amend KRS 39F.180 to require the person managing the search or organization conducting the search for a person with a known or reported organic brain disorder including Alzheimer's disease to report the search to local media outlets in addition to the local emergency management director, local search and rescue coordinator, and duty officer of the Division of Emergency Management. HB409
Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Posting waived retroactively; posting withdrawn Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 438 to regulate the practices of personal emergency response system providers; require specified notifications; provide for enforcement by the Attorney General and county attorneys; name act "Christine Talley Act." HB371
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 25) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to state legislative findings that trauma care is a severe health problem and cause of death and disability, trauma care is limited in parts of the state, and an efficient and coordinated statewide trauma system is necessary; define "trauma," "trauma center," and "trauma center verification"; establish a statewide trauma care program in the Department of Public Health and specify goals and duties; require an advisory committee and specify membership; require the department to develop and implement a statewide trauma care system that includes prevention, continuing education for care providers, statewide guidelines and protocols, voluntary hospital verification as a trauma center, local and regional triage and transport protocols, and quality assurance and peer review; require the department to coordinate all activities related to trauma care and to receive assistance from other state agencies and boards; specify that data obtained by the registry be [...] show full description SB106
Latest Action: 03/21/2008 - Posted in committee Bill Text Amend KRS 67A.6901 to create the new definition of "Dispatch communications personnel" and delete the definition of "Firefighter personnel"; amend KRS 67A.6902, 67A.6903, 67A.6904, 67A.6905, 67A.6906, 67A.6908, 67A.6909, and 67A.6910 to conform to the definition changes. HB41
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 227, relating to fire prevention and protection, to establish an Alarm System Contractor Licensure Board; define terms; forbid alarm contracting activities by those who are not properly authorized by the board; describe when an alarm system contractor acts as a personal emergency response system provider or contractor; institute an emergency 911 response protocol for unanswered voice-to-voice communication responses to customers; exempt various persons and entities from the board requirements under defined circumstances, including telephone installers, utility companies, fire protection sprinkler contractors, architects, locksmiths, and hospitals; establish board purpose, membership, appointment, and meeting procedures; require board to promulgate administrative regulations, determine applicant qualifications, conduct investigations, and establish renewal and continuing education standards; allow the board to establish fees, control licensure, and enter [...] show full description HB40
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to regulate personal emergency response systems under the authority of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; define terms, including "personal emergency response system"; set out basic necessary duties of the board, including the addition of personal emergency response system data in emergency run report forms developed under KRS 311A.190; require that providers be licensed to provide personal emergency response systems; institute an emergency 911 response protocol for unanswered voice-to-voice communication responses to customers; list information necessary for basic applications and for notification of the creation of branch offices; establish minimum criteria to apply for a manager's license; forbid the issuance of a license unless the applicant has specified liability insurance; limit local government regulation of personal emergency response systems to charges for use of a police central alarm installation, inspection fees, or discontinuance [...] show full description SB57
Latest Action: 04/14/2008 - Signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 102) Bill Text Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to regulate personal emergency response systems under the authority of the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services; define terms; establish the promulgation of administrative regulations to supervise the duties and functions relating to personal emergency response system providers. HB28
Latest Action: 10/03/2008 - To: Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary Bill Text Amend KRS 189A.103, relating to blood testing for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration or presence of a substance which may impair one's driving ability, to require that tests are performed using accepted medical practices; add paramedics to those authorized to perform tests. |
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