HB1454: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Emergency ambulance services.

Legislators

Actions (5 total)

• Jan 30, 2025, 8:41 AM: Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• Jan 30, 2025, 8:41 AM: Committee report: do pass, adopted
• Jan 21, 2025, 8:36 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
• Jan 21, 2025, 8:36 AM: Authored by Representative O'Brien
• Jan 21, 2025, 8:36 AM: Coauthored by Representatives Barrett, Miller D, Bartels

Digest

Specifies that emergency medical services, including emergency ambulance services, are essential services in Indiana. Specifies that the provision of emergency medical services is an essential purpose of political subdivisions. Requires the county commissioners of each county to: (1) identify areas that are unserved by emergency ambulance services; and (2) provide emergency ambulance services to the areas by establishing a county emergency ambulance service, contracting with a public, private, or nonprofit provider of emergency ambulance services, or by any other available means.