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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 206 By: Woods
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to emergency medical services;
7 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-2502, which relates
8 to legislative findings and declarations; declaring
8 emergency medical services to be considered essential
9 services for certain purpose; and declaring an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-2502, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 1-2502. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
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16 1. There is a critical shortage of providers of emergency care
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18 a. the delivery of fast, efficient emergency medical care
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19 for the sick and injured at the scene of a medical
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20 emergency and during transport to a health care
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21 facility, and
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22 b. the delivery of stabilizing and definitive care at a
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23 health care facility; and
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1 2. Improved emergency service is required to reduce the
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2 mortality rate during the first critical minutes immediately
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3 following the onset of a medical emergency; and
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4 3. Solely for purposes of eligibility for federal funding,
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5 emergency medical services provided by an ambulance service managed
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6 by a municipality, county, ambulance service district, or other
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8 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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