SB210: relative to emergency medical and trauma services.

CHAPTER 245

SB 210 - FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 210

AN ACT relative to emergency medical and trauma services.

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13; Rep. Goley, Hills. 8; Rep. Knirk, Carr. 3; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 7

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill makes certain reference changes and adds definitions of "telecommunicators" and "local dispatchers" to the law governing emergency medical and trauma services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to emergency medical and trauma services.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

245:1 Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Critical Incident Intervention and Management. Amend RSA 153-A:17-a, I(f) to read as follows:

(f)(1) "Critical incident stress management team member" or "team member" means an emergency services provider, including any law enforcement officer, sheriff or deputy sheriff, state police officer, civilian law enforcement employee, firefighter, civilian fire department employee, [and] emergency medical personnel, telecommunicators, and local dispatchers specially trained to provide critical incident stress management and crisis intervention services as a member of an organized and registered team.

(2) In this subparagraph:

(A) "Telecommunicator" means an employee of the department of safety, division of emergency services and communications who is responsible for receiving at the public safety answering point telephone calls made to E911 and transferring or relaying such calls to public or private safety agencies.

(B) "Local dispatcher" means a person who determines the location, status, and assistance required by callers and walk-in customers for public safety services and dispatches the appropriate police, fire, ambulance, or other units to provide needed emergency services at the state, city, town, or private emergency services level.

245:2 Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Critical Incident Intervention and Management. Amend RSA 153-A:17-a, II(b) to read as follows:

(b) All critical incident stress management team members, sworn or civilian, shall be designated by the police chief, sheriff, [commander] director of the division of state police, fire chief, or director of the division of emergency services and communications.

245:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 12, 2019

Effective Date: July 12, 2019