PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2823
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 2, strike lines 40 through 45
Page 3, strike lines 1 through 4
Renumber to conform
Page 4, line 4, strike "and that" insert a period
Strike line 5
Line 26, strike "operating pursuant to a certificate" insert a period
Strike line 27
Page 5, strike lines 14 through 45
Strike pages 6 and 7
Page 8, strike lines 1 through 33
Renumber to conform
Line 36, strike "Certificate of operation to provide"
Strike line 37, insert "ambulance service demonstration project; permits; third‑party vendor; definition
Line 38, after "A." insert "The department shall establish an interfacility ambulance service demonstration project."; strike "in this state" insert "under the demonstration project to receive a demonstration permit"
Line 40, strike "for a certificate of operation"
Line 41, strike "B."; strike "a certificate of operation" insert "an interfacility transport demonstration permit"
Reletter to conform
Page 9, line 2, strike "for the same level of service in another state"
Line 4, after "report" insert "response times"
Line 5, after "department" strike remainder of line insert a period
Page 9, strike line 6
Line 9, strike "certificate of operation" insert "demonstration permit"
Strike lines 12 through 14, insert:
"C. A person who holds a certificate of necessity pursuant to section 36‑2233 does not qualify for the interfacility ambulance service demonstration project.
D. The service area in which an interfacility transport demonstration permit holder may operate is limited to a county with a population of more than three million persons.
E. The term of an interfacility transport demonstration permit issued pursuant to this section is five years.
F. The director shall establish response times for an interfacility transport demonstration permit holder that are consistent with certificate of necessity holders that perform interfacility transports in the same service area. The data shall be collected from a third-party vendor and used to validate response times of the interfacility transport demonstration permit holder.
G. At any time, the director may evaluate the performance of the permit holder. If the performance is determined to be substandard, the permit holder shall implement an improvement plan that complies with the requirements of the director.
H. If an interfacility transport demonstration permit holder achieves both of the following at the end of the five‑year demonstration project, notwithstanding any other law, the director shall issue the permit holder a certificate of necessity:
1. Response times have been met at least ninety-two percent of the time as determined by the third-party vendor.
2. The permit holder has achieved or is seeking accreditation by the commission on accreditation of ambulance services."
Reletter to conform
Page 9, strike lines 18 through 45
Strike pages 10 through 13
Page 14, strike lines 1 through 36, insert:
"Sec. 3. Repeal
Section 36-2233.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after June 30, 2027."
Renumber to conform
Page 16, lines 4 and 5, strike "or certificate of operation"
Lines 10 and 11, strike "or certificate of operation"
Line 14, strike "or certificate of operation"
Strike lines 26 through 36
Amend title to conform