Bill Text: CT SB01010 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Supplemental First Responders.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-13 - Motion Failed JFS [SB01010 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-SB01010-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2015 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING SUPPLEMENTAL FIRST RESPONDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-175 of the general statutes is amended by adding subdivision (31) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):
(NEW) (31) "Supplemental first responder" means an emergency medical services provider who holds a certificate of authorization by the commissioner and responds to a victim of sudden illness or injury when available and when called upon.
Sec. 2. Section 19a-180 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (k) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):
(NEW) (k) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any emergency medical services provider may apply to the Commissioner of Public Health for a certificate of authorization as a supplemental first responder. A certificate of authorization shall be issued to an emergency medical services provider that shows proof satisfactory to the commissioner that such emergency medical services provider meets the minimum standards of the commissioner in the areas of training, equipment and personnel. Applicants for a certificate of authorization shall use the forms prescribed by the commissioner and shall submit such application to the commissioner accompanied by an annual fee of two hundred dollars. Such application shall require letters of support from a primary service area responder that operates in the service areas identified in the application and the chief elected official or chief executive officer of the municipality in such service area.
(2) If the primary service area responder, chief elected official or chief executive officer refuse to submit letters of support for the applicant's application, the primary service area responder, chief elected official or chief executive officer shall notify such applicant with a statement of the reasons for such refusal. Such applicant may request a hearing in writing to the commissioner not later than thirty days after the date of receipt of the statement from the primary service area responder, chief elected official or chief executive officer. In considering a request for a certificate of authorization as a supplemental first responder, the commissioner shall consult with the Office of Emergency Medical Services and shall hold a public hearing, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to determine the necessity for the emergency medical services offered by the applicant. Written notice of such hearing shall be given to the primary service area responder and the chief elected official or the chief executive officer.
(3) Upon determination by the commissioner that an applicant is financially responsible, properly certified and otherwise qualified to be a supplemental first responder, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authorization effective for one year to such applicant. If the commissioner determines that an applicant for a certificate of authorization is not qualified, the commissioner shall notify such applicant of the denial of the application with a statement of the reasons for such denial. Such applicant shall have thirty days to request a hearing on the denial of the application. Any hearing conducted pursuant to this subdivision shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If the commissioner's denial of a certificate of authorization is sustained after such hearing, an applicant may make new application not less than one year after the date on which such denial was sustained.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 19a-181b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015):
(a) Not later than July 1, 2002, each municipality shall establish a local emergency medical services plan. Such plan shall include the written agreements or contracts developed between the municipality, its emergency medical services providers and the public safety answering point, as defined in section 28-25, that covers the municipality. The plan shall also include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The identification of levels of emergency medical services, including, but not limited to: (A) The public safety answering point responsible for receiving emergency calls and notifying and assigning the appropriate provider to a call for emergency medical services; (B) the emergency medical services provider that is notified for initial response; (C) basic ambulance service; (D) advanced life support level; and (E) mutual aid call arrangements;
(2) The name of the person or entity responsible for carrying out each level of emergency medical services that the plan identifies;
(3) The establishment of performance standards for each segment of the municipality's emergency medical services system; [and]
(4) Any subcontracts, written agreements or mutual aid call agreements that emergency medical services providers may have with other entities to provide services identified in the plan; and
(5) A description of the coordination and cooperation between the primary service area responder and any emergency medical services provider with a certificate of authorization as a supplemental first responder.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2015 |
19a-175 |
Sec. 2 |
October 1, 2015 |
19a-180 |
Sec. 3 |
October 1, 2015 |
19a-181b(a) |
PS |
Joint Favorable Subst. |