SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2436, 3045, 3191
PRINTER'S NO. 3248
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2097
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HAMM, PICKETT, CAUSER, OWLETT, FRITZ, RADER,
SCHLEGEL CULVER, STAMBAUGH, ECKER, WHEELAND, COX, E. NELSON,
ROAE, M. MACKENZIE, JOZWIAK, BERNSTINE, PENNYCUICK, IRVIN,
SANKEY, SAYLOR, BOROWICZ, ZIMMERMAN, ROWE, POLINCHOCK,
ARMANINI AND HEFFLEY, NOVEMBER 23, 2021
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 14, 2022
AN ACT
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system,
further providing for basic life support ambulances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 8133(b)(1) and (c)(1) (C) of Title 35 of
the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 8133. Basic life support ambulances.
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(b) Staffing requirements.--
(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2) or subsection
(c)(1), minimum staffing for a BLS ambulance when responding
to a call to provide EMS is an ambulance attendant, EMR or
EMT, a second EMS provider at or above the EMT level and an
EMS vehicle operator, except that only the two EMS providers
need to respond if one of them is also the EMS vehicle
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operator. When present, an EMS provider above the EMR level
must attend to the patient at the scene and during patient
transportation.
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(c) Exceptions.--
(1) [The staffing requirements under subsection (b)(2)
may be waived or adjusted at the department's discretion. The
department shall permit an EMS agency to file for a waiver or
exception from the staffing requirements under this
subsection for extraordinary reasons as determined by the
department on a case-by-case basis and in the best interest
of the EMS system and patient care.] The minimum staffing
requirements AT THE TIME OF TRANSPORT for a BLS ambulance
when responding to a call to provide EMS is an EMS vehicle
operator and an EMS provider at or above the level of an EMT.
When present, an EMS provider at or above the level of an EMT
shall attend to the patient at the scene and during patient
transportation.
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(2) THIS SUBSECTION SHALL EXPIRE [THREE YEARS FROM THE
DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION] APRIL 29, 2027.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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