LD245

This bill implements recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Commission to improve Maine's emergency medical services.

This bill establishes a permanent Maine Emergency Medical Services Commission to monitor and evaluate the State's emergency medical services system. It authorizes an emergency medical services provider to render emergency medical services within a hospital or health care facility where the provider is a contractor of the hospital or facility. The bill also directs the Department of Public Safety, Maine Emergency Medical Services to conduct a funding needs analysis of communities seeking to engage in regional collaboration or the adoption of a regional model in the delivery of emergency.