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York County committee reviews draft EMS franchise ordinance to standardize ambulance oversight
Summary
Committee reviewed a draft ordinance that would require county-issued franchises for all emergency transport providers, create oversight and a clinical quality-review body, and allow conditional six-month transition periods for existing providers before three-year franchise terms.
York County’s Justice and Public Safety Committee spent the bulk of its meeting discussing a proposed EMS franchise ordinance intended to create county-issued franchises for any ambulance service that provides emergency transport within the county.
County staff who presented the draft said the ordinance is designed to establish consistent authority, oversight and accountability across all EMS providers. “What we’re proposing through this ordinance is a franchise framework, but it establishes consistent authority, oversight, and particularly accountability across the entire county,” the presenter said. Staff emphasized the draft is preliminary and will be formatted by the county attorney before it is sent to full council.
Under the proposed framework, any ambulance service providing emergency transport in the county would be required to hold a franchise agreement with the county. Staff said the franchise would not automatically supersede existing contracts; instead, compliance with franchise terms would be treated as satisfying…
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