26RS HB 106

House Bill 106

Actions

Last Action	01/07/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statements	Actuarial Analysis Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	158
Sponsor	M. Hart
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to create the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund; specify the ambulance services and EMS professionals that are eligible to share in the distribution of the fund; provide that the Board of Emergency Medical Services shall administer the fund and may promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate its administration; authorize reimbursement for an EMS professional's out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment for a diagnosed post-traumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; provide for annual supplements to ambulance providers for each EMS professional it employs; amend KRS 42.190 and 136.392 to include the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund to the premium surcharge; amend KRS 61.315 to include eligibility for in the line of duty death benefits to specified ambulance service providers.
Index Headings of Original Version	Actuarial Analysis - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Local Mandate - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Funds - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Boards And Commissions - Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Budget And Financial Administration - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Deaths - In the line of duty benefits, eligibility, expansion Emergency Medical Services - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation Insurance - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation, insurance premium surcharge Local Government - EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund, creation