Bill > HB0391

This bill makes several revisions to Utah's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) regulations and introduces a new Emergency Medical Services Critical Needs Account. The bill expands the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services' duties to include enforcing programs and establishing a voluntary task force and peer review board for EMS personnel. It creates a new restricted account within the General Fund that will be funded through interest, legislative appropriations, and specific contributions, with up to 25% of the fund balance quarterly allocated to critical needs grants. The bill also modifies the Emergency Medical Services Grant Program, allowing the bureau to distribute grants to nonprofit prehospital emergency medical services providers and changing how unallocated grant funds are handled. Additionally, the bill provides the bureau with enhanced disciplinary powers, including the ability to impose fines on emergency medical service providers for various violations, and requires the bureau to establish and publish an annual fine schedule based on recommendations from the Trauma System and Emergency Medical Services Committee. Fines collected will be deposited into the new Critical Needs Account, which is designed to support emergency medical services infrastructure and address critical needs in the state. The bill takes effect on May 7, 2025.

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