Sunset Community Health Service Agency

A community integrated health-care service (service) is an out-of-hospital medical service that may be provided by an emergency medical service provider who obtains a community paramedic endorsement. A community integrated health-care service agency (agency) is an entity or sole proprietorship that manages and offers services.

The act implements the recommendations in the 2024 sunset report by the department of regulatory agencies by:

• Continuing the regulation of agencies by 9 years to 2034;
• Clarifying that a suspension of, a revocation of, or a refusal to renew an agency's license due to a disqualifying felony or misdemeanor conviction of an owner, manager, or administrator of the agency includes circumstances in which the owner, manager, or administrator entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to the felony or misdemeanor;
• Updating language to be gender neutral;
• Changing references from "consumers" to "patients or clients";
• Referencing the definition of service in the statutes governing the regulation of agencies; and
• Defining "service" to include mobile integrated health care and, as determined by rule by the state board of health, care and services provided by practitioners other than community paramedics.
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)