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ME LD2128

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Donna Bailey

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Origin

Senate

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Reduces the Emergency Medical Services' Board from 12 governor-appointed members to 5, with new positions representing emergency medical dispatch, municipal administration, EMS administrators, a licensed paramedic, and a licensed EMT/advanced EMT

  • Changes regional council appointment process so councils directly appoint their board representative rather than nominating candidates for the Governor to select

  • Requires regional councils to regularly advise their board representative on regional issues, concerns, and policies, and updates council membership to include emergency medical dispatch centers and EMS training centers

  • Mandates the EMS Board submit an annual report by January 1st to the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee with recommended statutory changes, and authorizes the committee to introduce legislation based on those recommendations

  • Reduces the number of board members needed to call a meeting from 7 to 5, and allows current board members to serve until their existing terms expire

Legislative Description

An Act to Reorganize the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Implement the Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services in the State

Emergency Medical Services

Last Action

Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

3/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services1/7/2026

Full Bill Text

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