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H.B. 331

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COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL

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SERVICES LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE

             3     
2001 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Kory M. Holdaway

             6      This act creates the Emergency Medical Services Task Force. The act establishes a
             7      legislative task force for coordination of emergency medical services. The act specifies
             8      membership and duties of the task force, provides for reporting to the Legislature, and
             9      appropriates $24,500 for fiscal year 2000-01 only. This act provides a repeal date.
             10      This act enacts uncodified material.
             11      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             12          Section 1. Coordination of Emergency Medical Services Task Force -- Creation --
             13      Membership -- Interim rules followed -- Compensation -- Staff.
             14          (1) There is created the Coordination of Emergency Medical Services Task Force
             15      consisting of the following eight members:
             16          (a) three members of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, no more than
             17      two of whom may be from the same political party; and
             18          (b) five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House
             19      of Representatives, no more than three of whom may be from the same political party.
             20          (2) (a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under
             21      Subsection (1)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
             22          (b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House
             23      of Representatives appointed under Subsection (1)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
             24          (3) In conducting its business, the task force shall comply with the rules of legislative
             25      interim committees.
             26          (4) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force shall be paid in accordance with
             27      Section 36-2-2 and Legislative Joint Rule 15.03.


             28          (5) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to
             29      the task force.
             30          Section 2. Duties -- Interim report.
             31          (1) The task force shall review and make recommendations on the following issues:
             32          (a) the nearest unit responding;
             33          (b) a centralized dispatch system;
             34          (c) the possibility of one radio traffic station that all EMS would share;
             35          (d) the readiness of EMS for the 2002 Olympics;
             36          (e) the duplication of services and any taxing consequences;
             37          (f) appropriate providers for emergency medical services; and
             38          (g) certification in the state.
             39          (2) A final report, including any proposed legislation shall be presented to the Health and
             40      Environment Interim Committee before November 30, 2001.
             41          Section 3. Appropriation.
             42          There is appropriated from the General Fund for fiscal year 2000-01:
             43          (1) $3,500 to the Senate to pay for the compensation and expenses of senators on the task
             44      force;
             45          (2) $6,000 to the House of Representatives to pay for the compensation and expenses of
             46      representatives on the task force; and
             47          (3) $15,000 to the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel to pay for staffing
             48      the task force.
             49          Section 4. Repeal date.
             50          This act is repealed November 30, 2001.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 2-7-01 3:13 PM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


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