APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 20, 2025 93
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 374 - L.D. 841
Resolve, to Study the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry
Service Effects on Unbridged Island Communities in the State
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, emergency medical services are essential services and failing to provide
these essential services adversely affects public health; and
Whereas, addressing the delivery of emergency medical services to unbridged island
communities will require input and collaboration from several stakeholders; and
Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period
in order to address these issues; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
therefore, be it
Sec. 1. Department of Public Safety, Maine Emergency Medical Services
to convene working group. Resolved: That the Department of Public Safety, Maine
Emergency Medical Services shall convene a working group to study the delivery of
emergency medical services to and ferry service implications on unbridged island
communities in the State. The study must include an evaluation of the long-term
sustainability of emergency medical services to unbridged islands, legal and regulatory
requirements related to such services and a cost comparison to emergency medical services
needs and costs statewide.
Sec. 2. Membership. Resolved: That the working group under section 1 consists
of the following members:
1. The Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services within the Department of
Public Safety, or the director's designee;
2. A representative of a municipal government of an unbridged island community that
is served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
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 3. A representative of a municipal government of an unbridged island community that
is not served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
4. A representative who provides emergency medical services on an unbridged island
community served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
5. A representative of the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
6. A representative of an organization with experience in providing air ambulance
critical care transport services in the State;
7. A representative of a statewide association representing ambulance services; and
8. A representative of a municipal fire department that provides marine emergency
medical services that are not primarily facilitated through a ferry service to an unbridged
island community.
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That, by January 1, 2026, the Department of Public
Safety, Maine Emergency Medical Services shall submit a report that includes the findings
and recommendations of the working group under section 1, including suggested
legislation, for presentation to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public
Safety and to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. Both committees may
submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd
Legislature.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation
takes effect when approved.
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