SF 346 (LSB 2431SV (2) 85)

SENATE FILE 346

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 227)

A BILL FOR

An Act establishing an emergency medical services task force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TASK FORCE AND REPORT.
   1.  The department of public health shall establish a task force to ensure the future availability of quality emergency medical services for the state.
   2.  The members of the task force shall be appointed by the director of the department of public health, or the director’s designee, as follows:
   a.  A manager of a rural volunteer emergency medical transport service.
   b.  A manager of a rural paid emergency medical transport service.
   c.  A manager of an urban emergency medical transport service.
   d.  A manager of a nontransport emergency medical service.
   e.  A representative of a fire department-based emergency medical service.
   f.  A representative of a hospital-based emergency medical service.
   g.  A representative of a private, for-profit emergency medical transport service.
   h.  A representative of a not-for-profit emergency medical transport service.
   i.  A representative of the Iowa emergency medical services association board of directors.
   j.  A representative of an emergency medical services training agency.
   k.  An urban emergency department physician.
   l.  A rural emergency department physician.
   m.  A representative of the Iowa emergency nurses association.
   n.  A representative of the Iowa alliance in home care.
   o.  A representative of an emergency medical service air ambulance.
   p.  A representative of the Iowa hospital association.

   q.  A representative of the private insurance industry.
   r.  A representative of the Iowa Medicaid enterprise division of the department of human services.
   s.  A representative of city government.
   t.  A representative of county government.
   u.  A representative of the nursing facility industry.
   v.  A representative of the Iowa behavioral health association.
   w.  A consumer of emergency medical services.
   3.  The task force shall discuss the current state of emergency medical services in Iowa and make recommendations for enhancement of Iowa’s emergency medical services system. The recommendations shall address issues facing volunteer and paid rural emergency medical services, cost projections including administration costs for all recommendations, the Medicaid reimbursement fee schedule for ambulance services, and the nature and scope of any recommended changes in regulations governing emergency medical services.
   4.  The task force shall, by April 30, 2014, submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, the general assembly, the department of public health, and the emergency medical services advisory council. The emergency medical services advisory council shall review the report and make recommendations related to implementation of the report’s recommendations to the director of the department of public health.
EXPLANATION
   This bill establishes an emergency medical services task force to ensure the future availability of quality emergency medical services for the state. The director of the department of public health, or the director’s designee, must appoint the members of the task force as provided in the bill. The bill requires the task force to discuss the current state of emergency medical services in the state and make recommendations to enhance Iowa’s emergency medical services system. The bill requires the task force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, the general assembly, the department of public health, and the emergency medical services advisory council by April 30, 2014. The bill requires the emergency medical services advisory council to review the report and make recommendations for implementation to the director of the department of public health.