2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st) A AB488 385
Adoption of this amendment will REMOVE the 2/3s majority vote requirement from AB488.
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Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 1 through 6 as sections 2 through 7 and adding a new section designated section 1, following the enacting clause, to read as follows:
“Section 1. Chapter 450B of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, no permit may be issued pursuant to this chapter authorizing a fire-fighting agency to provide intermediate or advanced medical care to sick or injured persons while transporting those persons to a medical facility.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9 of NRS 450B.200, the county or district board of health in a county whose population is 400,000 or more may issue a permit pursuant to NRS 450B.200 or 450B.210 authorizing a fire-fighting agency to provide intermediate or advanced medical care to sick or injured persons at the scene of an emergency and while transporting those persons to a medical facility.”.
Amend section 1, page 1, lines 2 and 3, by deleting:
“, including, without limitation, a vehicle of a fire-fighting agency,”.
Amend section 1, page 1, line 8, by deleting “transfer.” and inserting:
“transfer[.] ,
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including, without
limitation, such a vehicle of a fire-fighting agency.”.
Amend sec. 2, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 12 through 14 on page 1 and lines 1 and 2 on page 2, and inserting:
“permit [authorizing it to provide intermediate or advanced medical care to sick or injured persons at the scene of an emergency. This ] issued pursuant to this chapter. The term does not include a person or governmental entity , other than a governmental entity to whom a permit is issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1 of this act, which provides transportation of [those] sick or injured persons to a medical facility.”.
Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting line 9 and inserting:
“care [at] to sick or injured persons:
(a) At the scene of an emergency[.] ; or
(b) At the scene of an emergency and while”.
Amend sec. 6, page 2, line 36, after “except” by inserting:
“as otherwise provided in subsection 5 or”.
Amend sec. 6, page 2, by deleting lines 47 through 49 and inserting:
“[at] to sick or injured persons:
(a) At the scene of an emergency unless at least one person in the vehicle is licensed to provide the care[.] ; or
(b) While transporting those persons to a medical facility unless at least two persons in the vehicle are licensed to provide the care.”.
Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 7.
Amend sec. 8, page 5, by deleting lines 31 through 36 and inserting:
“(f) Include the budget of the district in the budget of the county.”.
Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 37, by deleting “[(g)] (h)” and inserting “(g)”.
Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 40, after “2.” by inserting:
“If the fire department transports sick or injured persons to a medical facility, the board of county commissioners shall adopt:
(a) An ordinance:
(1) Requiring the fire department to defray the expenses of furnishing such transportation by imposing and collecting fees; and
(2) Establishing a schedule of such fees; or
(b) An ordinance prohibiting the imposition and collection of any fees for such transportation.
3.”.
Amend sec. 8, page 5, line 42, by deleting “3.” and inserting “[3.] 4.”.
Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:
“AN ACT relating to emergency medical services; providing for the issuance in certain counties of permits authorizing fire-fighting agencies to transport sick or injured persons to medical facilities; providing for the adoption of ordinances governing the imposition and collection of certain fees by those fire-fighting agencies; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.