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Committee endorses EMS modifications to return some authority to local governments
Summary
Senate Bill 215, based on a 2024 audit of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, passed out of committee unanimously. Sponsors and EMS leaders said the changes aim to give counties and municipalities greater control over 911 and interfacility transport arrangements while protecting rural providers from destabilizing competition.
Senator Owens presented Senate Bill 215, describing it as a response to recommendations from the 2024 audit by the Legislative Auditor General of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. "This bill is out of the audit...it is really about giving more local control...to determine how 911 services and the interfacility transport services are provided," Senator Owens said.
Darren Bushman, division director for the Bureau of EMS at the Department of Public Safety, told the committee the audit highlighted interfacility…
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