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Senate committee adds 'ambulance service providers' to essential-services list and moves bill forward
Summary
Senate Bill 133, clarifying that ambulance service providers are essential services, advanced from the Senate Health and Human Services Committee after supporters described the measure as a drafting fix to ensure ambulances are explicitly covered in emergency response laws.
Senate Bill 133, which would explicitly add “ambulance service providers” to the state list of essential services, advanced out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee after a brief hearing and a voice vote.
Senator Tim McHugh, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee the change is meant to close a drafting gap in existing law that lists only “first responders,” a term he said can be vague depending on local response models. “In some systems the…
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