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Committee backs bill allowing EMS personnel to ask patients about insurance for limited alternative transports
Summary
The committee approved Bill 1-25, which amends county code to let fire and rescue personnel ask patients about insurance coverage in limited cases so they can provide alternative destination transport or treatment-in-place, while preserving current practice for true emergencies.
The Public Safety Committee on March 17 voted to approve Bill 1-25, an amendment to county code that allows fire and rescue personnel to ask about a patient’s insurance coverage in a narrow set of low-acuity cases so the patient can be transported to an alternative destination or treated in place.
The bill, introduced Jan. 21 at the request of the county executive, removes a prohibition that had prevented personnel from requesting insurance information.…
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