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).