AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.

Amend KRS 311A.155 to add training and education to uses of grant funds; change grant fund amounts that may be awarded; delete discretion for a county to hold unspent funds for two years; require all grants to be used during the fiscal year for authorized purposes; amend KRS 311A.055 to delete transfer of complaints regarding ambulance services to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; repeal KRS 216B.106 relating to ambulance service investigations and hearings.

Introduced: February 7, 2025

Last action: February 12, 2025

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This bill makes several changes to how Kentucky manages emergency medical services. It updates the rules for EMS grant funds by adding training and education as allowed uses, adjusting the amounts that can be awarded, and requiring that grant money be spent within the fiscal year it is received rather than carried over. It also shifts how complaints about ambulance services are handled by removing the transfer of those complaints to the Cabinet for Health…

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