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House approves EMS transport overhaul that creates complaint pathway to state health division
Summary
Lawmakers passed a third-substitute HB121 that adds oversight for non-emergency interfacility ambulance transport by allowing stakeholders and the public to lodge complaints with the Department of Health's EMS division; complaints found meritorious can be referred to local jurisdictions to remedy or initiate an RFP process.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House approved third substitute House Bill 121 on March 5, a compromise bill intended to increase accountability for non-emergency interfacility ambulance transport.
Representative Hughes, sponsor of the bill, said stakeholders including the League of Cities and Towns, private providers and fire chiefs worked collaboratively on the language. Under the bill, the Department of Health’s Emergency Medical Services…
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