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Senate passes bill to allow ambulance transport for voluntary psychiatric admissions under certain conditions
Summary
SB120 expands transport options for patients who are being committed via emergency certificates by allowing ambulance transport of people who are willing for voluntary admission upon arrival; sponsor said the change addresses gaps when beds open far from initial facility.
The Senate approved Senate Bill 120 on May 13 to allow ambulance transport in certain cases involving patients evaluated on emergency certificates but who are willing to be voluntarily admitted once a bed becomes available.
Sponsor Senator Sellers described a problem in which physicians stabilize patients in an emergency room but are unable to arrange transport when a bed opens at a distant facility because…
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