North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H219: Counties/Franchise Ambulance Service.
Status: Introduced, April 29, 2025
What the bill says
An act repealing the law that authorizes counties to franchise ambulance services and providing that county officials shall not be required to approve modifications in the level of care provided by ems providers that are not owned or operated by a city in the county or the county responsible for the emergency management system.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT REPEALING THE LAW THAT AUTHORIZES COUNTIES TO FRANCHISE AMBULANCE SERVICES AND PROVIDING THAT COUNTY OFFICIALS SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO APPROVE MODIFICATIONS IN THE LEVEL OF CARE PROVIDED BY EMS PROVIDERS THAT ARE NOT OWNED OR OPERATED BY A CITY IN THE COUNTY OR THE COUNTY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-250 is repealed. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any provision of or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the authority granted in G.S. 143-508(b), Article 7 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, a county manager or EMS administrator delegated the authority to act on behalf of the county shall not be required to sign a document or otherwise approve of a modification in the level of care being provided by a provider within the county's emergency management system. For purposes of this section, a "modification" means either an increase or decrease in level of care. The provisions of this section do not apply if the provider is a city located within the county or the county responsible for the emergency management system. SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. Section 2 of this act applies to any modification in the level of …
Sponsors
- Pless, Mark (R, 118) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Ref to the Com on Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AMBULANCES, COUNTIES, COMMERCE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC, FRANCHISES, EMERGENCY SERVICES
Common questions
- What is H219?
- H219 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Counties/Franchise Ambulance Service.
- What does H219 do?
- In its own words: An act repealing the law that authorizes counties to franchise ambulance services and providing that county officials shall not be required to approve modifications in the level of care provided by ems providers that are not owned or operated by a city in the county or the county responsible for the emergency management system.
- What is the status of H219?
- Introduced as of April 29, 2025. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (April 29, 2025).
- Who sponsored H219?
- Pless, Mark (R, 118).
- Where is the official record for H219?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H219
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