Pennsylvania HB1491: An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for declaration of policy, for definitions, for emergency medical services system programs and for duties of department; establishing the State EMS Advisory Board; and further providing for emergency medical services patient care reports, for funding, for notification of trauma center closure, for State Advisory Board, for regional emergency medical services councils, for comprehensive plan, for contracts and grants and for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention.

What the bill says

Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for declaration of policy, for definitions, for emergency medical services system programs and for duties of department; establishing the State EMS Advisory Board…

From the introduced text, May 21, 2025:

Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for declaration of policy, for definitions, for emergency medical services system programs and for duties of department; establishing the State EMS Advisory Board; and further providing for emergency medical services patient care reports, for funding, for notification of trauma center closure, for State Advisory Board, for regional emergency medical services councils, for comprehensive plan, for contracts and grants and for scholarships for recruitment, training and retention. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 8102(10) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: § 8102. Declaration of policy. The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: * * * (10) The [Department of Health should] commissioner shall continually assess and, as needed, revise the functions of emergency medical services agencies and providers and other components of the emergency medical services system that it regulates under this chapter to: (i) improve the quality of emergency medical services provided in this Commonwealth; (ii) have the emergency medical services system adapt to changing needs of the residents of this Commonwealth; and (iii) promote the recruitment and retention of persons willing and qualified to serve as emergency medical services providers in this Commonwealth. * * …