Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: eligibility of certain minors for licensure as emergency medical services practitioners and certification as emergency medical responders, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures. (FE)
Health services department of — Administration Medical service — Occupations Workforce development department of Youth
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows individuals who are 17 years of age to apply for licensure as
emergency medical services practitioners and for certification as emergency medical
responders if the individuals meet certain requirements specified in the bill. Under
current law, no person under the age of 18 may apply for licensure as an emergency
medical services practitioner or for certification as an emergency medical responder.
“Emergency medical services practitioner” is defined under current law to mean an
emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, an
emergency medical technician — intermediate, or a paramedic. Further, under the
bill, the Department of Health Services may reimburse a school district, charter
school, or tribal school for any costs to administer an examination necessary for a
student to become licensed as an emergency medical services practitioner or certified
as an emergency medical responder. Finally, the bill includes emergency medical
services as an approved occupational area in the youth apprenticeship program. The
youth apprenticeship program integrates school-based and work-based learning for
students in certain industries in the state. Under current law, the Department of
Workforce Development is required to develop curricula for the youth apprenticeship
program for all approved occupational areas.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Votes
Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 11, Noes 5
Passed 11–5 Feb 14, 2024 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Sep 19, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hurd, Petryk, Allen, Behnke, Brandtjen, Callahan, Donovan, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Michalski, Oldenburg, Penterman, Tusler and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators James, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Stroebel, Nass and Marklein
- Sep 19, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Sep 28, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 5, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hurd
- Oct 10, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Moses added as a coauthor
- Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 11, Noes 5
- Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1