FREESTANDING EMERGENCY CENTERS
Summary
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Requires a freestanding emergency center (FEC) to limits its participation in the EMS System strictly to receiving a limited number of ambulance runs by emergency medical vehicles as pre-approved by both the EMS Medical Director and the Department of Public Health and according to the FEC's 24-hour capabilities and protocols developed by the Resource Hospital within the FEC's designated EMS System. Effective immediately.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2016
Committee Review
May 2016
House Passage
May 2016
Senate Passage
May 2016
Signed into Law
Aug 2016
Introduced Apr 18, 2016
Signed Aug 5, 2016
Floor votes · Senate May 19, 2016 · House Apr 15, 2016
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 46
May 19, 2016
D
Democratic28
96% Yea
R
Republican18
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Aug 5, 2016
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 19, 2016
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 3, 2016
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Public Health; 007-000-000
upper
Apr 27, 2016
Committee
Assigned to Public Health
upper
Apr 18, 2016
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 18, 2016
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 15, 2016
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (86-0-12)
house
Apr 13, 2016
Lower · Passed
Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000
lower
Apr 13, 2016
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote
lower
Apr 8, 2016
Lower · Passed
Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 22, 2016
lower
Apr 5, 2016
Lower · Passed
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2016
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2016
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Grant Wehrli
lower
Apr 4, 2016
Committee
Assigned to Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 14, 2016
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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