Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

SESSION OF 2019
     SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 99
           As Amended by House Committee on Federal
                       and State Affairs

Brief*
      SB 99, as amended, would create and amend law
related to emergency medical services and licensure by the
Emergency Medical Services Board (Board).

Inactive Certificate
       The bill would create the designation of inactive
certificate, authorizing the Board to issue an inactive
certificate to persons currently certified by the Board who
make a written application on a Board form and pay the
corresponding fee.
     The Board could issue such inactive certificates only to
persons who are not directly providing emergency medical
services (EMS) in the state and are not holding themselves
out to the public as providing EMS. The bill would further
state possession of an inactive certificate would not allow the
holder to engage in the practice of EMS.
     The bill would provide inactive certificates could be
renewed pursuant to Board procedure and each certificate
holder would be subject to continuing laws regarding EMS,
but would not be required to complete any continuing
education requirements set by the Board.
       Inactive certificate holders could apply for an active
certificate by filing a written application on a form prepared by
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org
the Board and paying the corresponding fee. The Board
would have the authority to require additional testing, training,
or education as deemed necessary to establish the inactive
certificate holder’s ability to engage in the provision of EMS
with reasonable skill and safety.

Board Meetings
    Current law requires the Board to meet at least six times
annually. The bill would lower the number of required
meetings to four each year.

Emergency Medical Service Providers
     The bill would add a definition for “emergency medical
service provider,” which would mean an emergency
responder, advanced emergency medical technician,
emergency medical technician, or paramedic certified by the
Board.
       The bill would also establish certain background check
procedures for emergency medical service provider
certification applicants. The Board would be allowed to
require applicants to submit fingerprints and to submit to a
state and national criminal history record check. The Board
would be allowed to submit such fingerprints to the Kansas
Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for state and national criminal history record
checks. The Board would be allowed to use information
obtained from fingerprinting and background checks to verify
the identification of the applicant and to determine the
qualifications and fitness of the applicant to be issued or to
maintain a certificate.
     Local and state law enforcement would be required to
assist in taking fingerprints of applicants and the KBI would
be required to release to the Board all records of an

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applicant’s    adult   convictions,       non-convictions,     or
adjudications from any state.
Emergency Medical Services Criminal History and
  Fingerprinting Fund
     The Board would be allowed to charge a fee equal to the
cost of fingerprinting and state and federal background
checks. The Board would be required to remit such funds to
the State Treasurer.
     The bill would create the Emergency Medical Services
Criminal History and Fingerprinting Fund (Fund),
administered by the Board, into which the State Treasurer
would be directed to deposit the remitted funds.
     All moneys credited to the Fund would be required to be
used only to pay the KBI for processing of fingerprints and
criminal background checks. The Fund would be
administered by the Board.
     Any expenditures from the Fund would be made in
accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the
director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers
approved by the Board chairperson.

Technical and Conforming Changes
       The bill would remove definitions for certain certification
levels no longer certified by the Board as well as
corresponding statutory provisions related to those
certification levels and would make conforming technical
changes to other existing statutory provisions.

Effective Date
    The bill would be in effect upon publication in the
Kansas Register.
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Background
    SB 99 was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Federal and State Affairs at the request of the Board.
     In the Senate Committee hearing, proponent testimony
was provided by the Board and the Kansas EMS Association.
Neutral testimony was provided by the Kansas Medical
Association. No opponent testimony was provided.
     The Senate Committee adopted a technical amendment
to amend the title of the bill and to make additional technical
language revisions.
     In the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
hearing, proponent testimony was provided by the Board.
Written only proponent testimony was provided by the
Kansas EMS Association. No other testimony was provided.
     The House Committee adopted an amendment to make
the bill effective upon publication in The Kansas Register.
     According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
Budget on the bill, as introduced, the Board indicates
enactment of the bill would result in $50,000 in additional
revenue and expenditures during FY 2020.
     The KBI indicates enactment of the bill would result in
$50,000 in additional revenue from payments by the Board,
which would be used to maintain the Automated Fingerprint
Identification System and related information technology
expenditures.
      The Division of Budget also notes the additional
revenues and expenditures resulting from enactment of the
bill would be considered “on-budget” for the Board and “off-
budget” for the KBI. Any fiscal effect associated with
enactment of the bill is not reflected in The FY 2020
Governor’s Budget Report.

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Statutes affected: 
As introduced: 8-1, 8-143, 21-6326, 39-1402, 39-1431, 39-2001, 40-2141, 40-4602, 44-131, 44-508, 44-510h, 44-511, 44-1204, 65-16, 65-1728, 65-3220, 65-3244, 65-2891, 65-6112, 65-2913, 65-6001, 38-2302, 65-4915, 65-6102, 65-6110, 65-6111, 65-6119, 65-6120, 65-6124, 65-6126, 65-6127, 65-6129, 65-6129a, 65-6129b, 65-6130, 65-6133, 65-6135, 65-6145, 65-6150, 74-4954a, 74-4954, 75-4364, 75-5664, 80-1557
As Amended by Senate Committee: 8-1, 8-143, 21-6326, 39-1402, 39-1431, 39-2001, 40-2141, 40-4602, 44-131, 44-508, 44-510h, 44-511, 44-1204, 65-16, 65-1728, 65-3220, 65-3244, 65-2891, 65-6112, 65-2913, 65-6001, 38-2302, 65-4915, 65-6102, 65-6110, 65-6111, 65-6119, 65-6120, 65-6124, 65-6126, 65-6127, 65-6129, 65-6129a, 65-6129b, 65-6130, 65-6133, 65-6135, 65-6145, 65-6150, 74-4954a, 74-4954, 75-4364, 75-5664, 80-1557
As Amended by House Committee: 8-1, 8-143, 21-6326, 39-1402, 39-1431, 39-2001, 40-2141, 40-4602, 44-131, 44-508, 44-510h, 44-511, 44-1204, 65-16, 65-1728, 65-3220, 65-3244, 65-2891, 65-6112, 65-2913, 65-6001, 38-2302, 65-4915, 65-6102, 65-6110, 65-6111, 65-6119, 65-6120, 65-6124, 65-6126, 65-6127, 65-6129, 65-6129a, 65-6129b, 65-6130, 65-6133, 65-6135, 65-6145, 65-6150, 74-4954a, 74-4954, 75-4364, 75-5664, 80-1557