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HOUSE BILL NO. 191
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION
BY REPRESENTATIVES MINA, Story, Fields, Himschoot
Introduced: 5/3/23
Referred: Health and Social Services, Finance
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
1 "An Act relating to medical care for major emergencies."
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
3 * Section 1. AS 18.08.010 is amended to read:
4 Sec. 18.08.010. Administration. The department is responsible for the
5 development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive
6 emergency medical services system and, accordingly, shall
7 (1) coordinate public and private agencies engaged in the planning and
8 delivery of emergency medical services, including trauma care and care for major
9 emergencies, to plan an emergency medical services system;
10 (2) assist public and private agencies to deliver emergency medical
11 services, including trauma care and care for major emergencies, through the award
12 of grants in aid;
13 (3) conduct, encourage, and approve programs of education and
14 training designed to upgrade the knowledge and skills of health personnel involved in
15 emergency medical services, including trauma care and care for major emergencies;
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1 (4) establish and maintain a process under which hospitals and clinics
2 could represent themselves to be trauma centers or otherwise capable of treating
3 major emergencies because they voluntarily meet criteria adopted by the department;
4 criteria adopted by the department to implement this paragraph must be based on an
5 applicable national evaluation system.
6 * Sec. 2. AS 18.08.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:
7 (15) "major emergency" includes a heart attack or stroke.
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Statutes affected:
HB0191A, AM HB 191, introduced 05/03/2023: 18.08.010, 18.08.200