SB91 Alabama 2019 Session

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

Relating to EMS personnel; to amend Sections 22-18-4 and 22-18-6, Code of Alabama 1975; to authorize the State Board of Health to establish by rule, licensure fees for EMS personnel; to revise course requirements for ground ambulance drivers; to authorize a process that provides for conducting criminal background checks on EMS personnel seeking licensure; to provide penalties for unauthorized disclosure of records generated from a criminal background check; and in connection therewith to have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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.