Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB159: Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring the Executive Director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to coordinate, with Jurisdictional Emergency Medical Services Operating Programs, the minimum equipment, supplies, and medications needed for early childhood care, including neonatal care, to be available on emergency medical services vehicles.
What the bill says
An act concerning Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies, Reviews, and Complaints FOR the purpose of requiring the Executive Director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to coordinate, with a certain program, the minimum equipment, supplies, and medications to be available on emergency medical services vehicles; requiring each county and municipality that operates or contracts emergency medical services to conduct quarterly reviews of certain data and to certify completion of each review…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Emergency Medical Services - Vehicles and Ambulances - Required Supplies, Reviews, and Complaints FOR the purpose of requiring the Executive Director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems to coordinate, with a certain program, the minimum equipment, supplies, and medications to be available on emergency medical services vehicles; requiring each county and municipality that operates or contracts emergency medical services to conduct quarterly reviews of certain data and to certify completion of each review; requiring each county to establish and maintain a formal complaint filing system regarding ambulance quality, conduct, or compliance; and generally relating to emergency medical services vehicles and ambulances. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Education Section 13-501(a), (f), and (g) Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Education Section 13-510 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Education Section 13-519 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Education 13-501. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (f) "EMS Board" means the State Emergency Medical Services Board. Ch. 282 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND …