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Senate debate on peer-review protections for emergency medical services ends with amendments adopted and others defeated; bill laid on informal calendar
Summary
A Senate substitute to extend peer-review protections to paramedics, EMTs and physician assistants drew sustained debate March 25; the chamber adopted an amendment expanding ambulance-district oversight, defeated an amendment to expand victim access to certain records, and laid the bill on the informal calendar.
Senate Substitute for S.B. 107 — a measure to expand statutory peer-review protections and related governance measures for emergency medical services — was taken up on the Senate floor March 25 and drew lengthy debate over the scope of peer-review privilege, victims’ access to records and oversight of ambulance districts.
What the bill would do The core language would expand existing peer-review protections (already in statute for physicians and hospitals) to include individuals licensed under the state’s EMS chapters (paramedics and emergency medical technicians) and physician assistants, allowing peer-review committees to engage in quality-improvement discussions that are privileged from discovery. The sponsor said the intent is to allow frank clinical review of…
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