Medically underserved areas; transporting patients to 24-hour urgent care facilities.

Medically underserved areas; emergency medicalservices; medical care facilities. Provides that emergency medicalservices vehicles may transport patients to 24-hour urgent care medicalfacilities or other appropriate medical facilities when deemed appropriateby emergency medical services personnel or a physician. The billrequires the Board of Health to develop regulations for when emergencymedical services agencies in medically underserved areas as defined by the Board may transport patients to 24-hour urgent care facilitiesor appropriate medical care facilities other than hospitals. Theregulations shall include provisions for what constitutes a medicallyunderserved area, cases appropriate for transferring a patient toa medical facility other than a hospital, and other information deemedrelevant by the Board.