House Bill 469 Regulations Plan

During the 2002 meeting of the Kentucky General Assembly KBEMS, KAPA, KAEMT, and many other groups and individuals worked to pass House Bill 469. With the passage of the bill complete, there is a need to revisit the regulations that are currently governing EMS in Kentucky. The board, through formal action, has adopted the following process:

1. The office will write the initial PROPOSALS.

2. The regulations committee will approve or correct the initial PROPOSALS to send to the board.

3. The board will approve INITIAL PROPOSED DRAFT regulations to be posted for public comment.

Once the INITIAL DRAFT regulations are posted. the office will receive comments from the public in a written format to pass to the regulations committee and then to the board. The process of receiving comments will continue until September when the board meets at the annual EMS conference in Owensboro, KY. During the September meeting the board will have the opportunity to review the comments that have been passed by the regulations committee and a final version of the regulations will be written. The board has scheduled a meeting in October to officially approve the final version of the ordinary regulations. Only then will the entire package enter the formal LRC regulations process and once again the public will have the opportunity to comment on these regulations as they make their way through the hearing process.

The above process has been augmented for the fee regulation. The board voted to have the fee regulation sent to a task force comprised of the following agencies:

• Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association
• Kentucky EMT Instructors Association
• Kentucky Association of EMT’s
• Kentucky Firefighters Association
• Kentucky Fire Commission
• Central Kentucky EMS Association
• Western Kentucky EMS Association
• Kentucky County Judges Association
• Kentucky Magistrates Association
• Kentucky League of Cities.

The president or CEO of each agency has been contacted to send a representative to a meeting to be held July 11, 2002 in Frankfort to discuss the fee regulation. The recommendations from that committee will be reported to the board at the August 8th meeting.

Any regulations, including the fee regulations, posted on the KBEMS website is a PROPOSED DRAFT regulation and has not entered the official LRC process to become an ordinary regulation. It is the goal of the office, the board, and the providers to allow this regulations process to be a slow and steady one that will allow individuals and services to make any comments they feel necessary on any of the PROPOSED DRAFT regulations.

If you are interested in making an official comment on any of the PROPOSED DRAFT regulations, please provide them in writing in the following format:

• Regulations Title and/or Number
• Section Number
• () number or letter
• Line Number.

Please state your concern with the particular language and make a suggested correction.

Please send any comments to:

Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
Attn: Brian Bishop
275 East Main Street
Mail Stop HS1E-F
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621-0001