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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 892 By: Murdock
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7 AS INTRODUCED
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8 An Act relating to emergency medical services;
8 amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-2515, which relates
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9 transports; broadening certain provisions to cover
10 wheelchair transports; mandating sole-provider system
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11 for civil relief; providing certain construction;
12 adding condition to certain exception; updating
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-2515, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 1-2515. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
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20 title, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Regions emergency medical
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21 service (EMS) regions, Ambulance Service ambulance service districts
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22 or, and municipalities are hereby authorized to regulate and
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23 control, pursuant to duly enacted ordinance or regulation, Ambulance
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24 Service ambulance service transports originating within the
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1 jurisdiction of such EMS Regions regions, Ambulance Service
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2 ambulance service districts, or municipalities.
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3 B. Any ordinance or regulation adopted pursuant to subsection A
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4 of this section shall meet and may exceed, but shall not be in
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5 contravention of, the standards promulgated by the State Board
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6 Commissioner of Health for Ambulance Service ambulance service
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7 transports.
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8 C. 1. Any ordinance or regulation adopted by an EMS Region,
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9 Ambulance Service district region or a municipality may establish a
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10 sole-provider system for wheelchair, stretcher van and/or Ambulance
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11 Service, or ambulance service transports, or a combination thereof;
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12 provided, however, any such designated or contracted sole-provider
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13 which is not an EMS Region, Ambulance Service district region,
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14 municipality, or other public entity shall be selected by
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15 competitive bidding.
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16 2. A contract entered into pursuant to such bidding shall be
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17 with the lowest and best bidder and may be for an initial term of
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18 such duration as deemed operationally and fiscally prudent by the
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19 contracting agency. The term of such sole-provider contract shall
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20 be made public at the time bids are solicited, which solicitation
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21 shall be not less than sixty (60) days prior to the contract start
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22 date.
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23 D. Any EMS Region, Ambulance Service district region or
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24 municipality may establish a sole-provider system for wheelchair,
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1 stretcher van and/or Ambulance Service, or ambulance service
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2 transports, or a combination thereof, and may allow additional
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3 geographic or political subdivisions to join such a system at any
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4 time. Whenever such a geographic or political subdivision joins
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5 such a sole-provider system, competitive bidding shall not be
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6 required and provision for servicing the new jurisdiction may be
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7 accomplished by amending the existing sole-provider contract.
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8 Furthermore, in the event the expansion of the service area of the
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9 EMS Region, Ambulance Service district region or the municipality is
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10 substantial (in the sole opinion of the governing body of the EMS
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11 Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance service district or
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12 municipality), the existing sole-provider contract may be extended
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13 for a period sufficient to allow reasonable opportunity for recovery
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14 of capital costs of expansion, as determined by the contracting
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16 E. 1. All ambulance service districts shall be sole-provider
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17 systems for all emergency and nonemergency wheelchair, stretcher
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18 van, and ambulance service transports within their geographical
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19 boundaries. No ambulance service provider or other provider of such
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20 transports shall operate within the ambulance service district
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21 without the prior written authorization of the ambulance service
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22 district, and licensure of the provider by the State Department of
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23 Health to provide such transports within the ambulance service
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1 district shall be contingent upon obtainment of such prior written
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2 authorization.
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3 2. An ambulance service district may petition the district
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4 court for relief when a provider violates the provisions of
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5 paragraph 1 of this subsection and the court shall award any
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6 appropriate relief including, but not limited to, injunctive relief,
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7 compensatory damages, punitive damages, and reasonable attorney
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8 fees.
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9 F. The provisions of this section shall not be construed or
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10 applied to limit:
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11 1. Limit the operation of any emergency medical service
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12 district established and operating pursuant to Section 9C of Article
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13 10 X of the Oklahoma Constitution; provided, however, that, upon
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14 invitation and approval of a majority of the voters of the district,
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15 any such district is hereby authorized to join by appropriate
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16 agreement any system established by an EMS Region region, Ambulance
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17 Service ambulance service district, or a municipality pursuant to
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18 the provisions of this section; or
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19 2. Prohibit a hospital, medical facility, or long-term care
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20 facility from entering into a contract with an ambulance service
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21 district to provide transports within the ambulance service district
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22 as stipulated in the contract and subject to the prior written
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23 authorization required by subsection E of this section.
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1 F. G. The following types of patient transports shall be exempt
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2 from regulation by EMS Regions regions, Ambulance Service ambulance
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3 service districts, or municipalities:
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4 1. Any ambulance owned or operated by, or under contract to
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5 perform ambulance transport services for, the Federal federal or
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6 State state government, or any agency thereof;
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7 2. Any ambulance owned and operated by a hospital and in use to
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8 transport a patient of the owner-hospital, which patient has been
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9 admitted to and not been discharged from the owner-hospital, to or
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10 from another hospital or medical care facility at which the patient
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11 receives a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure not available at the
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12 owner-hospital, provided that the patient is not discharged from the
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13 care of the owner-hospital at any point during transport or while
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14 the patient is at the other hospital or medical facility;
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15 3. Any ambulance engaged in a routine transport call to
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16 transport a patient from a hospital, nursing home, or dialysis
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17 center located within an EMS Region, Ambulance Service district or
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18 municipality to any location outside the EMS Region, Ambulance
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19 Service district or municipality;
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20 4. Any ambulance engaged in the transport of a patient from a
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21 location outside an EMS Region region, Ambulance Service ambulance
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1 5. 4. Any ambulance engaged in the interstate transport of a
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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