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Senate adopts amendment and passes nonemergency patient transport bill after safety fixes
Utah State Senate · March 7, 2018
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Summary
Senators voted to adopt an amendment to House Bill 322 that gives EMS providers discretion to delay or decline nonemergency transports when patient or provider safety is at risk and requires hospitals to hold beds for delayed patients. The amended bill passed and was sent to the House for further consideration.
The Senate considered House Bill 322, a measure on nonemergency patient transportation introduced by Sen. Bramble. Sponsors said the bill addresses situations when nonemergency transport requests could endanger patients or providers and creates limited circumstances…
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