HB-6103, As Passed House, November 10, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 6103

 

August 4, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Newell and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 20908 (MCL 333.20908), as amended by 2000 PA            

                                                                                

    375.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 20908.  (1) "Nonemergency patient" means an individual                 

                                                                                

2   who is transported by stretcher, isolette, cot, or litter but               

                                                                                

3   whose physical or mental condition is such that the individual              

                                                                                

4   may reasonably be suspected of not being in imminent danger of              

                                                                                

5   loss of life or of significant health impairment.                           

                                                                                

6       (2) "Nontransport prehospital life support operation" means a               

                                                                                

7   person licensed under this part to provide, for profit or                   

                                                                                

8   otherwise, basic life support, limited advanced life support, or            

                                                                                

9   advanced life support at the scene of an emergency.                         

                                                                                

10      (3) "Nontransport prehospital life support vehicle" means a                 

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   motor vehicle that is used to provide basic life support, limited           

                                                                                

2   advanced life support, or advanced life support, and is not                 

                                                                                

3   intended to transport patients.                                             

                                                                                

4       (4) "Ongoing education program sponsor" means an education                  

                                                                                

5   program sponsor that provides continuing education for emergency            

                                                                                

6   medical services personnel.                                                 

                                                                                

7       (5) "Paramedic" means an individual licensed under this part                

                                                                                

8   to provide advanced life support.                                           

                                                                                

9       (6) "Patient" means an emergency patient or a nonemergency                  

                                                                                

10  patient.                                                                    

                                                                                

11      (7) "Person" means a person as defined in section 1106 or a                 

                                                                                

12  governmental entity other than an agency of the United States.              

                                                                                

13      (8) "Professional standards review organization" means a                    

                                                                                

14  committee established by a life support agency or a medical                 

                                                                                

15  control authority for the purpose of improving the quality of               

                                                                                

16  medical care.                                                               

                                                                                

17      (9) "Protocol" means a patient care standard, standing                      

                                                                                

18  orders, policy, or procedure for providing emergency medical                

                                                                                

19  services that is established by a medical control authority and             

                                                                                

20  approved by the department under section 20919.                             

                                                                                

21      (10) "Statewide emergency medical services communications                   

                                                                                

22  system" means a system that integrates each emergency medical               

                                                                                

23  services system with a centrally coordinated dispatch and                   

                                                                                

24  resource coordination facility utilizing the universal emergency            

                                                                                

25  telephone number, 9-1-1, when that number is appropriate, or any            

                                                                                

26  other designated emergency telephone number, a statewide                    

                                                                                

27  emergency medical 2-way radio communications network, and                   


                                                                                

1   linkages with the statewide emergency preparedness communications           

                                                                                

2   system.                                                                     

                                                                                

3       (11) "Statewide trauma care system" means a comprehensive and               

                                                                                

4   integrated arrangement of the emergency services personnel,                 

                                                                                

5   facilities, equipment, services, communications, medical control            

                                                                                

6   authorities, and organizations necesssary to provide trauma care            

                                                                                

7   to all patients within a particular geographic region.                      

                                                                                

8       (12)  (11)  "Volunteer" means an individual who provides                    

                                                                                

9   services regulated under this part without expecting or receiving           

                                                                                

10  money, goods, or services in return for providing those services,           

                                                                                

11  except for reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in               

                                                                                

12  providing those services.                                                   

                                                                                

13      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

14  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            

                                                                                

15  are enacted into law:                                                       

                                                                                

16      (a) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6102  (request                  

                                                                                

17  no. 06984'04).                                                              

                                                                                

18      (b) Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6104  (request                  

                                                                                

19  no. 06985'04).