Missouri SB 1277: Modifies the State Advisory Council on Emergency Medical Services

Bill Text

EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1277
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BLACK.
4796S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 190.101, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the state
advisory council on emergency medical services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 190.101, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 190.101, 2
to read as follows:3
190.101. 1. There is hereby established a "State 1
Advisory Council on Emergency Medical Services" which shall 2
consist of [sixteen] no more than twenty-three members[, one 3
of which shall be a resident of a city not within a 4
county]. The members of the council shall be appointed [by 5
the governor with the advice and consent of the senate] 6
pursuant to subsection 2 of this subsection and shall serve 7
terms of four years. The [governor shall designate one of 8
the members as chairperson] council members shall annually 9
select a chairperson, along with other officers as the 10
council deems necessary. The chairperson may appoint 11
subcommittees that include noncouncil members. 12
2. Council members shall be appointed as follows: 13
(1) The director of the department of health and 14
senior services shall make appointments to the council from 15
the recommendations provided by the following: 16
(a) The statewide professional association 17
representing ambulance service managers; 18

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(b) The statewide professional association 19
representing EMT's and paramedics; 20
(c) The statewide professional association 21
representing ambulance districts; 22
(d) The statewide professional association 23
representing fire chiefs; 24
(e) The statewide professional association 25
representing fire protection districts; 26
(f) The statewide professional association 27
representing firefighters; 28
(g) The statewide professional association 29
representing emergency nurses; 30
(h) The statewide professional association 31
representing the air ambulance industry; 32
(i) The statewide professional association 33
representing emergency medicine physicians; 34
(j) The statewide association representing hospitals; 35
and 36
(k) The statewide association representing pediatric 37
emergency professionals; 38
(2) The director of health and senior services shall 39
appoint a member to the council with a background in mobile 40
integrated healthcare-community paramedicine (MIH-CP); 41
(3) Each regional EMS advisory committee shall appoint 42
one member; and 43
(4) The time-critical diagnosis advisory committee 44
established under section 190.257 shall appoint one member. 45
3. The state EMS medical directors advisory committee 46
and the regional EMS advisory committees will be recognized 47
as subcommittees of the state advisory council on emergency 48
medical services. 49

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[3.] 4. The council shall have geographical 50
representation and representation from appropriate areas of 51
expertise in emergency medical services including 52
volunteers, professional organizations involved in emergency 53
medical services, EMT's, paramedics, nurses, firefighters, 54
physicians, ambulance service administrators, hospital 55
administrators and other health care providers concerned 56
with emergency medical services. [The regional EMS advisory 57
committees shall serve as a resource for the identification 58
of potential members of the state advisory council on 59
emergency medical services. 60
4.] 5. The state EMS medical director, as described 61
under section 190.103, shall serve as an ex officio member 62
of the council. 63
[5.] 6. The members of the council and subcommittees 64
shall serve without compensation except that members of the 65
council shall, subject to appropriations, be reimbursed for 66
reasonable travel expenses and meeting expenses related to 67
the functions of the council. 68
[6.] 7. The purpose of the council is to make 69
recommendations to the governor, the general assembly, and 70
the department on policies, plans, procedures and proposed 71
regulations on how to improve the statewide emergency 72
medical services system. The council shall advise the 73
governor, the general assembly, and the department on all 74
aspects of the emergency medical services system. 75
[7.] 8. (1) There is hereby established a standing 76
subcommittee of the council to monitor the implementation of 77
the recognition of the EMS personnel licensure interstate 78
compact under sections 190.900 to 190.939, the interstate 79
commission for EMS personnel practice, and the involvement 80
of the state of Missouri. The subcommittee shall meet at 81

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least biannually and receive reports from the Missouri 82
delegate to the interstate commission for EMS personnel 83
practice. The s