The General Assembly Raised Bill No. 238 aims to enhance transparency regarding emergency medical services (EMS) response times by requiring the Commissioner of Public Health to establish and maintain an EMS response time dashboard. This dashboard will collect and publicly display data on EMS response times, categorized by geography, call type, and time of day, while ensuring that no patient-identifying information is included. The bill also mandates that the Commissioners of Public Health, Social Services, and Emergency Services and Public Protection utilize the data from this dashboard to support applications for federal EMS response grants, directing these funds to communities that need improvements in their EMS response times.

The bill is set to take effect on October 1, 2026, and introduces new legal language to current law, specifically the establishment of the EMS response time dashboard. There are no deletions from existing law noted in the text of the bill. The primary purpose of this legislation is to improve the accessibility of EMS response time data, thereby facilitating better resource allocation and support for communities in need.