SB91 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Senate Bill

In Second Chamber

Current Status

Regular Session 2019

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve Livingston Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: EMS personel, revise licensing process to authorize criminal background checks, revise licensing fees, etc., Sec. 22-18-9 added; Secs. 22-18-4, 22-18-6 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, EMS personnel are licensed by the State Board of Health.
This bill would authorize the board to establish licensure fees by rule.
This bill would revise course requirements for ground ambulance drivers seeking licensure.
This bill would authorize a process that provides for conducting criminal background checks of applicants at the time of initial licensure of EMS personnel.
This bill would also provide penalties for unauthorized disclosure of records generated from a criminal background check.
Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.
The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.
Subjects: Emergency Medical Services