AN ACT relating to heart attack response and treatment.
Summary
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to establish and implement a plan for achieving continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under a statewide system for heart attack response and treatment; require the department to designate licensed hospitals as Comprehensive Cardiac Centers, Primary Heart Attack Centers, or Acute Heart Attack Ready hospitals; amend KRS 311A.180 to expand the protocols of emergency medical services providers to include trauma, cardiac arrest, and heart attack.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2022
Last action Feb 14, 2022
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Feb 14, 2022
Committee
to Health & Welfare (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Introduced
introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Carroll
RRepublican
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