Revision: March 20, 2013, midnight
SB 184-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/14/13 0774s
2013 SESSION
10/03
SENATE BILL 184-FN
AN ACT excluding conservation officers of the fish and game department from requirements for emergency medical and trauma services.
SPONSORS: Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill provides that emergency medical care providers and service units regulated by the department of safety in RSA 153-A shall not include New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers.
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03/14/13 0774s
13-0861
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT excluding conservation officers of the fish and game department from requirements for emergency medical and trauma services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Emergency Medical Care Provider; Definition; Conservation Officers Excluded. Amend RSA 153-A:2, V to read as follows:
V. “Emergency medical care provider” means an employee or volunteer member of a public or private organization having responsibility for the delivery of health services to individuals experiencing illness or injury at a location other than a hospital or other medical facility. The term shall not include lifeguards at swimming facilities or members of ski patrols, or New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers, unless said individuals are performing invasive patient care procedures.
2 Emergency Medical Services Unit; Definition; Conservation Officers Excluded. 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 or New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officers unless a ski patrol or a New Hampshire fish and game department conservation officer is providing invasive patient care procedures.
3 New Paragraph; Fish and Game; Duties of Conservation Officers. Amend RSA 206:26-b by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. Each fish and game conservation officer shall be required to maintain training and certification for wilderness first responder, basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation but shall not be required to obtain licensure under RSA 153-A.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
13-0861
Revised 03/20/13
Amended 03/18/13
SB 184 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT excluding conservation officers of the fish and game department from requirements for emergency medical and trauma services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Fish and Game Department states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment #2013-0774s), will decrease state expenditures by $27,596 in FY 2014 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues, or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Fish and Game Department states this bill excludes conservation officers of the Department from regulation by the Department of Safety pursuant to RSA 153-A. The Fish and Game Department states Department of Safety regulations require conservation officers to attend specific training on a biennial basis in order to satisfy certain certification requirements. The proposed legislation would exempt conservation officers from these specific training requirements thereby allowing the Fish and Game Department to provide comparable in-house training on a triennial basis. The Fish and Game Department states the transition to in-house training would reduce the Department’s expenditures by $27,596 in FY 2014 and each year thereafter.
The Department of Safety states the proposed legislation would have no fiscal impact on the Department.