Senate
File
227
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
227
BY
WILHELM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
emergency
medical
services
task
force.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
SERVICES
TASK
FORCE
AND
1
REPORT.
2
1.
The
department
of
public
health
shall
establish
a
task
3
force
to
ensure
the
future
availability
of
quality
emergency
4
medical
services
for
the
state.
5
2.
The
members
of
the
task
force
shall
be
appointed
by
the
6
director
of
the
department
of
public
health,
or
the
director’s
7
designee,
as
follows:
8
a.
A
manager
of
a
rural
volunteer
emergency
medical
9
transport
service.
10
b.
A
manager
of
a
rural
paid
emergency
medical
transport
11
service.
12
c.
A
manager
of
an
urban
emergency
medical
transport
13
service.
14
d.
A
manager
of
a
nontransport
emergency
medical
service.
15
e.
A
representative
of
a
fire
department-based
emergency
16
medical
service.
17
f.
A
representative
of
a
hospital-based
emergency
medical
18
service.
19
g.
A
representative
of
a
private,
for-profit
emergency
20
medical
transport
service.
21
h.
A
representative
of
a
not-for-profit
emergency
medical
22
transport
service.
23
i.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
emergency
medical
services
24
association
board
of
directors.
25
j.
A
representative
of
an
emergency
medical
services
26
training
agency.
27
k.
An
urban
emergency
department
physician.
28
l.
A
rural
emergency
department
physician.
29
m.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
emergency
nurses
30
association.
31
n.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
alliance
in
home
care.
32
3.
The
task
force
shall
discuss
the
current
state
of
33
emergency
medical
services
in
Iowa
and
make
recommendations
for
34
enhancement
of
Iowa’s
emergency
medical
services
system.
The
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recommendations
shall
address
issues
facing
volunteer
and
paid
1
rural
emergency
medical
services,
cost
projections
including
2
administration
costs
for
all
recommendations,
the
Medicaid
3
reimbursement
fee
schedule
for
ambulance
services,
and
the
4
nature
and
scope
of
any
recommended
changes
in
regulations
5
governing
emergency
medical
services.
6
4.
The
task
force
shall,
by
April
30,
2014,
submit
a
7
report
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor,
8
the
general
assembly,
the
department
of
public
health,
and
the
9
emergency
medical
services
advisory
council.
The
emergency
10
medical
services
advisory
council
shall
review
the
report
and
11
make
recommendations
related
to
implementation
of
the
report’s
12
recommendations
to
the
director
of
the
department
of
public
13
health.
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EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
establishes
an
emergency
medical
services
task
16
force
to
ensure
the
future
availability
of
quality
emergency
17
medical
services
for
the
state.
The
director
of
the
department
18
of
public
health,
or
the
director’s
designee,
must
appoint
19
the
members
of
the
14-person
task
force
as
provided
in
the
20
bill.
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
discuss
the
current
21
state
of
emergency
medical
services
in
the
state
and
make
22
recommendations
to
enhance
Iowa’s
emergency
medical
services
23
system.
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
submit
a
report
of
24
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor,
the
general
25
assembly,
the
department
of
public
health,
and
the
emergency
26
medical
services
advisory
council
by
April
30,
2014.
The
bill
27
requires
the
emergency
medical
services
advisory
council
to
28
review
the
report
and
make
recommendations
for
implementation
29
to
the
director
of
the
department
of
public
health.
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