February 20, 2002





ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1029

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DIGEST OF HB 1029 (Updated February 18, 2002 3:44 PM - DI 104)



Citations Affected: IC 16-18; IC 16-31.

Synopsis: Treatment for exposure to VX nerve agents. Requires the adoption of rules to establish training and certification standards to allow trained emergency medical technicians in Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo, and Warren counties to administer antidotes for exposure to VX nerve agents.

Effective: July 1, 2002.





Grubb, Murphy, Kersey , Reske , Brown T
(SENATE SPONSORS _ HARRISON, BLADE)




    January 8, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Human Affairs.
    January 30, 2002, amended, reported _ Do Pass.
    February 4, 2002, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    February 5, 2002, engrossed. Read third time, passed. Yeas 94, nays 0.

SENATE ACTION

    February 11, 2002, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.
    February 19, 2002, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.






February 20, 2002

Second Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2002)


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ENGROSSED

HOUSE BILL No. 1029



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 16-18-2-33.5; (02)EH1029.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-33.5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 33.5. (a) "Basic life support", for purposes of IC 16-31, means the following:
        (1) Assessment of emergency patients.
        (2) Administration of oxygen.
        (3) Use of mechanical breathing devices.
        (4) Application of anti-shock trousers.
        (5) Performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
        (6) Application of dressings and bandage materials.
        (7) Application of splinting and immobilization devices.
        (8) Use of lifting and moving devices to ensure safe transport.
        (9) Use of an automatic or a semiautomatic defibrillator if the defibrillator is used in accordance with training procedures established by the Indiana emergency medical services commission.
        (10) Other procedures authorized by the Indiana emergency medical services commission, including procedures contained in

the revised national emergency medical technician basic training curriculum guide.
    (b) The term does not include invasive medical care techniques or advanced life support, except as provided by the training and certification standards established under IC 16-31-2-9(4).

SOURCE: IC 16-31-2-9; (02)EH1029.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 16-31-2-9, AS AMENDED BY P.L.156-2001, SECTION 2, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2002]: Sec. 9. The commission shall establish the following:
        (1) Standards for persons who provide emergency medical services and who are not licensed or regulated under IC 16-31-3.
        (2) Training and certification standards for the use of automatic and semiautomatic defibrillators by first responders.
        (3) Training and certification standards for the administration of antidotes, vaccines, and antibiotics to prepare for or respond to a terrorist or military attack.
         (4) Training and certification standards to permit the use of antidote kits for the treatment of exposure to chemical agent VX (nerve agent) by advanced emergency medical technicians and emergency medical technicians who work for emergency medical service providers located in:
            (A) a county having a population of more than eight thousand (8,000) but less than nine thousand (9,000);
            (B) a county having a population of more than sixteen thousand seven hundred (16,700) but less than seventeen thousand (17,000);
            (C) a county having a population of more than seventeen thousand (17,000) but less than seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500);
            (D) a county having a population of more than seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) but less than eighteen thousand (18,000);
            (E) a county having a population of more than thirty-six             thousand (36,000) but less than thirty-six thousand             seventy-five (36,075);
            (F) a county having a population of more than thirty-seven thousand (37,000) but less than thirty-eight thousand (38,000); and
            (G) a county having a population of more than one             hundred five thousand (105,000) but less than one hundred             ten thousand (110,000).