Bill > HB1238

Introduced Session

The bill declares emergency medical services as an essential service in the state and an integral part of the state's health-care infrastructure. In relation to the declaration, the bill authorizes: ! Public and private ambulance services in the state to participate in, and receive reimbursement from, public safety-related systems coordinated by the department of personnel or the department of public safety; ! The disbursement of money from the emergency medical services account in the highway users tax fund to counties and cities and counties that authorize ambulance services within their boundaries; and ! The governor to direct the transfer of money from the disaster emergency fund to the emergency medical services account to finance emergency medical services needed in response to a declared disaster emergency. The bill also updates certain definitions related to emergency medical services, including the addition of a definition of "out-of-hospital setting", which term is included in and may be used interchangeably with the existing defined term "prehospital setting". The bill clarifies that an off-duty emergency medical service provider is not obligated to respond to the scene of a medical emergency or provide emergency medical services.

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Mark Baisley (R)*,  Carlos Barron (R)*,  Mary Bradfield (R)*,  Brandi Bradley (R)*,  Chad Clifford (D)*,  Lisa Feret (D)*,  Lisa Frizell (R)*,  Lori Garcia Sander (R)*,  Dusty Johnson (R)*,  Sheila Lieder (D)*,  William Lindstedt (D)*,  Meghan Lukens (D)*,  Matt Martinez (D)*,  Tisha Mauro (D)*,  Julie McCluskie (D)*,  Kenny Nguyen (D)*,  Rod Pelton (R)*,  Janice Rich (R)*,  Chris Richardson (R)*,  Dylan Roberts (D)*,  Matt Soper (R)*,  Larry Suckla (R)*,  Rick Taggart (R)*,  Elizabeth Velasco (D)*,  Ty Winter (R)*,  Jennifer Bacon (D),  Andrew Boesenecker (D),  Kyle Brown (D),  Jarvis Caldwell (R),  Monica Duran (D),  Ava Flanell (R),  Meg Froelich (D),  Lorena García (D),  Ryan Gonzalez (R),  Eliza Hamrick (D),  Jamie Jackson (D),  Rebecca Keltie (R),  Mandy Lindsay (D),  Javier Mabrey (D),  Bob Marshall (D),  Karen McCormick (D),  Amy Paschal (D),  Manny Rutinel (D),  Gretchen Rydin (D),  Lesley Smith (D),  Katie Stewart (D),  Tammy Story (D),  Brianna Titone (D),  Ron Weinberg (R), 

House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (on 03/12/2026)

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