Kentucky House Bill 505 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 7 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-07 - WITHDRAWN
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend sections of KRS Chapter 311A to update definitions; create the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services as an independent agency of state government; change membership of the board; delete the licensure of ambulances and ambulance services from the board duties; update language and delete certificate of need language; correct references to training institutions; make conforming changes; create new sections of KRS Chapter 216B to define terms; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to license and regulate ambulances and ambulance services; require duties of the cabinet; require ambulance providers holding a license to operate a 911 ambulance service to continue in the same service or response areas under the same license and require all other ambulance services to be licensed by the cabinet beginning December 31, 2022; repeal, reenact and amend sections of KRS Chapter 311A as sections of KRS Chapter 216B to reflect change in licensing of ambulance providers and data collection to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amend KRS 216B.020 and 216B.095 to remove ambulance services from the certificate of need requirement; amend KRS 42.738 to add member to the Kentucky Wireless Interoperability Executive Committee; amend KRS 65.7623 to add member of the cabinet to the Kentucky 911 Services Board; amend various other sections to conform; create new section of KRS Chapter 311A to require the transfer of all board employees, funds, and equipment of the board from the Kentucky Community and Technical College System; make provisions for employee retirement transfer; amend KRS 61.510 to conform; amend KRS 205.590 to establish a new technical advisory committee on emergency medical services consisting of members representing the air medical industry, the Kentucky Board of Emergency Services, the emergency medical services billing industry, and ground ambulance providers; amend KRS 205.590 to create a Technical Advisory Committee on Emergency Medical Services in the Advisory Council for Medical Assistance; repeal KRS 211.9523 and 311A.080; add noncodified sections to set board appointments and term limits; retain administrative regulations in effect related to ambulance providers; require the cabinet to review administrative regulations related to ambulance providers.

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.

Rep. Ken Fleming [R]

Rep. Kimberly Moser [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-07	House	WITHDRAWN
2022-02-16	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-02-16	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb505.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb505/orig_bill.pdf