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KY HB416
KY HB416AN ACT relating to emergency medical services and making an appropriation therefor.
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Introduced
01/30/2024
01/30/2024
In Committee
01/30/2024
01/30/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
04/15/2024
04/15/2024
Introduced Session
2024 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to create the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund; specify the ambulance services and EMS professionals that are eligible to share in the distribution of the fund; provide that the Board of Emergency Medical Services shall administer the fund and may promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate its administration; authorize reimbursement for an EMS professional's out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment for a diagnosed post-traumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; provide for annual supplements to ambulance providers for each EMS professional it employs; amend KRS 42.190 and 136.392 to include the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund to the premium surcharge.
AI Summary
This bill creates the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund to provide funding and support for emergency medical services (EMS) professionals and ambulance services in Kentucky. The key provisions are:
1. Defining eligible ambulance services and EMS professionals who can receive funding from the program.
2. Establishing the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, which will be funded through insurance premium surcharges and other sources, and allowing the fund to be used for reimbursing EMS professionals' out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment related to their work.
3. Requiring the Board of Emergency Medical Services to administer the fund and distribute annual supplements to eligible ambulance services for each qualified EMS professional they employ.
4. Amending existing laws to direct a portion of the insurance premium surcharge proceeds to the new EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, in addition to the existing Firefighters Foundation Program fund and Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund.
The overall goal of the bill is to provide financial support and resources to EMS professionals and ambulance services in Kentucky, especially for mental health treatment and retention of qualified personnel.
Sponsors (7)
Mark Hart (R)*,
Chad Aull (D),
Shane Baker (R),
Kevin Bratcher (R),
Ruth Ann Palumbo (D),
Phillip Pratt (R),
Cherlynn Stevenson (D),
Last Action
to Committee on Committees (H) (on 01/30/2024)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/hb416.html |
| Fiscal Note for HB416 | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb416/FN.pdf |
| Local Mandate Fiscal Impact | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb416/LM.pdf |
| Fiscal Note for HB416 | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb416/FN.pdf |
| Local Mandate Fiscal Impact | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/24RS/hb416/LM.pdf |
| BillText | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/hb416/orig_bill.pdf |
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