Kentucky House Bill 416

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-30 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to create the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund; specify the ambulance services and EMS professionals that are eligible to share in the distribution of the fund; provide that the Board of Emergency Medical Services shall administer the fund and may promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate its administration; authorize reimbursement for an EMS professional's out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment for a diagnosed post-traumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; provide for annual supplements to ambulance providers for each EMS professional it employs; amend KRS 42.190 and 136.392 to include the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund to the premium surcharge.

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Chad Aull [D]	Rep. Shane Baker [R]	Rep. Kevin Bratcher [R]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Phillip Pratt [R]	Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-30	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2024-01-30	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb416.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb416/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb416/LM.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb416/FN.pdf