Senate
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SENATE
FILE
346
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
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(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
18,
2013
)
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
o.
A
representative
of
an
emergency
medical
service
air
33
ambulance.
34
p.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
hospital
association.
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q.
A
representative
of
the
private
insurance
industry.
1
r.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
Medicaid
enterprise
2
division
of
the
department
of
human
services.
3
s.
A
representative
of
city
government.
4
t.
A
representative
of
county
government.
5
u.
A
representative
of
the
nursing
facility
industry.
6
v.
A
representative
of
the
Iowa
behavioral
health
7
association.
8
w.
A
consumer
of
emergency
medical
services.
9
x.
An
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner.
10
3.
The
task
force
shall
discuss
the
current
state
of
11
emergency
medical
services
in
Iowa
and
make
recommendations
for
12
enhancement
of
Iowa’s
emergency
medical
services
system.
The
13
recommendations
shall
address
issues
facing
volunteer
and
paid
14
rural
emergency
medical
services,
cost
projections
including
15
administration
costs
for
all
recommendations,
the
Medicaid
16
reimbursement
fee
schedule
for
ambulance
services,
and
the
17
nature
and
scope
of
any
recommended
changes
in
regulations
18
governing
emergency
medical
services.
19
4.
The
task
force
shall,
by
April
30,
2014,
submit
a
20
report
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor,
21
the
general
assembly,
the
department
of
public
health,
and
the
22
emergency
medical
services
advisory
council.
The
emergency
23
medical
services
advisory
council
shall
review
the
report
and
24
make
recommendations
related
to
implementation
of
the
report’s
25
recommendations
to
the
director
of
the
department
of
public
26
health.
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