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This bill requires every municipality in New Jersey to provide basic life support (BLS) services, which are defined as a pre-hospital care level including ambulance service, patient stabilization, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, wound care, and fracture stabilization. The bill establishes BLS as an essential service and gives municipalities five options for arranging these services: licensing a private company, contracting with public or nonprofit entities, entering mutual aid agreements with other municipalities, partnering with a hospital, or providing the services directly through fire departments or public safety agencies. The bill also amends existing laws to incorporate references to basic life support services, clarifying mutual aid agreements between municipalities and specifying hospitals' rights to provide advanced and basic life support services. These changes aim to ensure comprehensive emergency medical coverage across New Jersey municipalities, with the law set to take effect seven months after enactment. The bill uses technical definitions like "basic life support ambulance service" to precisely describe the scope of required emergency medical services.

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https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A6075