Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on January 23, 2015
Substitute offered in the House on February 17, 2015
Allows hospital-based pharmacies to provide minimal quantities of
medications to ambulance and aid services if they are related to emergency
medical services.
Directs the Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Steering
Committee to review the potential use of certain medications by emergency
medical technicians. The substitute bill directs the Steering Committee to review the appropriateness of the use of
hydrocortisone sodium succinate or similar medications for the treatment of adrenal
insufficiency and glucagon emergency kits by emergency medical technicians. The review
must consider the adequacy of current training, the feasibility of supplementing training, the
costs and likely utilization of stocking ambulances with the medications, and options for
localized solutions to specific community needs.
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 27, 2015
Referred to the Senate Health Care Committee on March 4, 2015
Amendment offered in the Senate on March 30, 2015
Removes the requirement that the Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission
adopt guidelines for the provision of drugs to ambulance or aid services. Proves that the
ambulance or aid services may only request drugs that: are relevant to the level of service
provided by the ambulance or aid service and the training of the emergency medical
personnel, and are approved as part of the ambulance or aid service pre-hospital patient care
protocols in the county.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 31, 2015