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Sumner County committee orders EMS insurance review, urges county oversight
Summary
Committee moved to require all county departments, including EMS, to present insurance policies to the insurance board and risk management after learning EMS had been handling a separate policy and using an out-of-county law firm; legal counsel said HIPAA alone should not block county review.
The Sumner County Benefits & Risk Management Committee voted to carry an EMS insurance matter to old business and require every county department to present existing insurance policies for review by the insurance board and county risk management.
Chair (Speaker 1) said the committee recently learned that the EMS service has maintained its own insurance policy and that the policy’s law firm — referenced by counsel as Brad Gilmore — has handled claims. Legal counsel (Speaker 9) told the…
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