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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 665

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Relating to: emergency medical services funding assistance and making an appropriation. (FE)

Health services department of — Administration Medical service Medical service — Occupations

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill increases the amount of funding for emergency medical services

assistance. Current law requires the Department of Health Services to provide

emergency medical services funding to ambulance service providers that are public

agencies, volunteer fire departments, or nonprofit corporations to assist in paying for

training and examinations for emergency medical technicians, who were previously

known as emergency medical technicians — basic, and emergency medical

responders and for ambulances, equipment, or supplies. Current law allows an

ambulance service provider that receives this funding assistance to escrow any

unused funds to spend in a subsequent year for training and credentialing of

emergency medical responders or emergency medical services practitioners at any

level.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Jacque (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Schachtner (D) , Testin (R)

13 cosponsors

Dittrich (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Quinn (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 18, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Nass, Bewley, Jacque, Olsen, Schachtner and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Novak, Tranel, Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Quinn and Tusler

  2. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Jan 23, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 4, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Health and Human Services and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  6. Feb 17, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 18, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Feb 18, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1