HB 559 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0875
05/11
HOUSE BILL 559
AN ACT relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Rep. A. Murray, Hills. 20; Rep. D. Mannion, Rock. 25; Rep. Thackston, Ches. 12; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that not more than one emergency medical care provider shall be required to provide care to a patient during transport in an ambulance or other emergency medical service vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0875
05/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to staffing requirements in emergency medical transport vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Emergency Medical and Trauma Services; Rulemaking; Emergency Medical Care Provider Requirements. Amend RSA 153-A:20, III to read as follows:
III. Necessary equipment and staffing for emergency medical service vehicles, including standards of suitability for such vehicles used in the transportation of patients in relation to health, sanitation, safety, communications, maintenance, on-board medical equipment, safety equipment, extrication equipment, markings, garaging conditions, and care and condition of the emergency medical service vehicle and its equipment; provided that not more than one emergency medical care provider shall be required to attend to a patient during transport by an emergency medical service vehicle.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 19, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 19, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 16, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
April 10, 2025: Hearing: 04/16/2025, Room 101, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 17
March 28, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 10
March 27, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA DV 216-149 03/27/2025 HJ 11
March 19, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
March 19, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/19/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 59
March 13, 2025: Executive Session: 03/19/2025 09:30 am LOB 201
Feb. 27, 2025: Public Hearing: 03/05/2025 09:30 am LOB 201
Jan. 14, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs HJ 3 P. 16