SB260: relative to search and rescue teams activated by fish and game.

CHAPTER 89

SB 260 - FINAL VERSION

2022 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 260

AN ACT relative to search and rescue teams activated by fish and game.

SPONSORS: Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Egan, Graf. 2

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill excludes search and rescue teams when activated by the New Hampshire fish and game department from the definition of "emergency medical service unit" for the purpose of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to search and rescue teams activated by fish and game.

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

89:1 Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Definitions. Amend RSA 153-A:2, IX to read as follows:

IX. "Emergency medical service unit" means an organization, public or private, operating alone or as part of a larger organization, which has the responsibility to provide emergency medical services. The term shall not include ski patrols, search and rescue teams when activated by the New Hampshire fish and game department, or New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers unless a ski patrol, search and rescue team member, or a New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officer is providing invasive patient care procedures.

89:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2022

Effective Date: July 19, 2022