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SUPPORT EMS REDESIGN LEGISLATION
The NJ legislature is considering two identical bills (one in the Senate and another in the Assembly) that will redesign the way NJ EMS operates. After the 2007 EMS Study revealed serious shortcomings in NJ's EMS system, recommendations were prepared by a committee of industry stakeholders. Participants on the redesign committee included:
| NJ American College of Emergency Physicians | Medical Transportation Association of NJ | NJ State First Aid Council |
| NJ League of Municipalities | Mobile Intensive Care Unit Advisory Council | JemSTAR |
| Governor's EMS for Children Advisory Council | St. Barnabas Medical Center Burn Center | NJ Poison Information & Ed System |
| EMT Training Fund Council | NJ Trauma Council | NJ Hospital Association |
| NJ Office of
Emergency Management / EMS Coordinators |
Large BLS and ALS Provider (Suburban) | Legal Counsel |
| Communications Committee | Firefighters Association | NJ Career Fire Chiefs Association |
| NJ State Police | NJ Association of Paramedic Programs | NJ Office of Highway Traffic Safety |
| Large BLS and ALS Provider (Urban) | NJ Office of Emergency Telecommunications | Emergency Nurses Association |
| NJ Dept of Health & Senior Services | NJ DHSS, Office of EMS | Individual EMS Physician |
| Individual Public Member | Individual Volunteer EMT | Individual Career Private EMT |
| Individual Paramedic |
The bills (S818 and
A2095) are the product of the committee's recommendations.
Among other things, the bill calls for:
- New regulation models for BLS and ALS services
- Licensing of EMTs and Paramedics
- New liability immunity for EMS providers rending emergency care
- Increased funding for the EMT Training Fund
- Expansion of EMT Training Fund to cover all EMTs
- Establishment of an EMAC committee that will facilitate changes to regulations and provider scopes of practice
NJEMSEA believes the redesign bills are good for NJ EMS, and urges you to support them!
| To see S818 click here | To see A2095 click here | To see a sample letter to send to your legislator, click here |
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