OK HB2742

Creates "community paramedic" classification requiring licensed paramedics with 2 years full-time experience and completion of a Department-approved training program

Defines community paramedic services as interventions to prevent unnecessary ambulance transport or emergency department visits, including health assessments, chronic disease monitoring, medication compliance, immunizations, lab specimen collection, and hospital discharge follow-up

Authorizes hospitals and health care facilities to utilize community paramedics for patient care delivery under care plans ordered by primary health care providers or hospital providers in consultation with ambulance service medical directors

Increases population threshold for stretcher aid van services from 300,000 to 400,000 people for counties, EMS regions, or ambulance service districts

Effective November 1, 2016