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Conference committee pauses change to EMS staffing in HB 2280 after rural officials raise concerns
Summary
A legislative conference committee discussed amendments to House Bill 2280 that would allow ambulance services in some rural Kansas counties to operate with one certified EMS provider and one driver; members asked conferees to meet and report back after hearing from the Emergency Medical Services Board and rural senators.
A Kansas legislative conference committee discussed proposed changes to House Bill 2280 on Tuesday that would allow ambulance services in certain rural counties to operate with one certified EMS provider and one driver, and asked conferees to meet and report back.
The change under consideration would strike language tied to inter-facility transfers and add a definition of "public place," and a related amendment would limit registration of defibrillators to devices located in public places. Jenna (committee staff) told the committee the House had added the content and the Senate had made a couple of amendments, including the definition of public place and the inter-facility transfer language.
Joe House, executive director of the Emergency Medical Services Board, told the committee…
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