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Relating to emergency care policy and procedure requirements applicable to an ambulatory surgical center
Topics:Health care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 10, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 3, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 24, 2021
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Ambulatory surgical centers would be required to follow specific rules for handling medical emergencies. These centers must have the right equipment, trained staff, and a plan to call an ambulance and notify a patient's family if they need to go to a hospital. They must also have a written agreement with a local hospital to ensure patients can be transferred there for emergency care.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to emergency care policies and procedures for ambulatory surgical centers. The bill specifies the established written policies and procedures to provide appropriate care to an ambulatory surgical center’s patients if a patient requires emergency care. The policies and procedures shall provide for readily available on-site equipment and supplies and the appropriately trained staff necessary to administer emergency care protocols; prearranged obtainability of ambulance services for transporting a patient to a local hospital when emergency services are required and notification of the patient’s next of kin or a responsible party when such transport is required; a written transfer agreement between the ambulatory surgical center and at least one local hospital that requires the hospital to accept a patient requiring emergency care being transferred from the ambulatory surgical center to the hospital; and the documentation required to accompany a patient to the hospital to be submitted by the ambulatory surgical center to the receiving hospital at the time the patient is transferred for emergency care. The bill defines “ambulatory surgical center” for the purposes of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 10, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Tried before
Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2390 Relating to emergency care policy and procedure requirements applicable to an ambulatory s…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.