Bills › 91st General Assembly
Modifying the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Local Government (companion To Sf 42 By Lofgren) Committee, Rep. Taylor R. Collins (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 202589–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202547–0
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 28, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 28, 2025
SF 42 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 42, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 42 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Counties that collect special taxes to fund emergency medical services can now use that money to pay the salaries or wages of medical workers. This change allows local emergency medical care providers to be paid directly from the emergency medical services trust fund.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies the costs eligible for emergency medical services fund expenditures. Under current law, upon adoption of a resolution declaring emergency medical services to be an essential county service, a county board of supervisors may offer for voter approval the authorization to impose a local option income surtax or an ad valorem property tax. The proceeds from such a tax are deposited into an emergency medical services trust fund. The bill expands the costs which are eligible for emergency medical services trust fund expenditures to include the salary or wages of an emergency medical care provider providing emergency medical services. The bill defines “emergency medical care provider” and “emergency medical services”. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Why it matters. Counties that have declared emergency medical services an essential service can now use money from their emergency medical services trust funds to pay the salaries or wages of emergency medical care providers. This change expands the types of costs that can be covered by local option income surtaxes or property taxes collected for these funds.2