Requires municipalities to provide basic life support services; establishes basic life support services as essential.

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1008

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblywoman� KATIE BRENNAN

District 32 (Hudson)

Assemblywoman� ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Angelozzi and Kearney

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires municipalities to provide basic life support
services; establishes basic life support services as essential.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Public Safety and
Preparedness Committee with technical review.

��

An Act
concerning the provision of basic life support
services, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes, and amending
P.L.1993,
c.58.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� (New section) a.� As used in this act:

���� �Basic life support ambulance service� means an
entity that is validly licensed by the department to provide pre-hospital basic
life support care.�

����
�Basic life support service� means a
basic level of pre-hospital care which includes b
asic life support ambulance
service,

patient
stabilization, airway clearance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage
control, initial wound care and fracture stabilization, and other techniques
and procedures authorized by the commissioner.�

���� b.��� Basic life support service shall be deemed an
essential service in this State.� The governing body of each municipality in
this State shall provide basic life support service to meet the needs of its
population.� The provision of basic life support service may be arranged by:

���� (1)�� providing a license or franchise to a private
company;

���� (2)�� contracting with a public, private, or nonprofit
entity for the service;

���� (3)�� entering
into a mutual aid agreement with
one or more municipal governing bodies for basic life support service pursuant
to section 2 of P.L.1993, c.58 (C.26:2K-61);

���� (4)�� entering into an
agreement with a hospital pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2015, c.70
(C.26:2K-12.1); or�

���� (5)�� providing fire
department and emergency medical services or public safety based basic life
support service throughout the State, county, fire district, joint meeting,
regional service agency of municipality, political subdivision, instrumentality,
or agency.�

����
2
.��� Section
2 of P.L.1993, c.58 (C.26:2K-61) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� The governing bodies of
two or more municipalities may, by enacting reciprocal ordinances, enter into
agreements with each other for mutual
basic life support service, and

first aid, ambulance, or rescue squad assistance in case of emergency, subject
to the written approval of the volunteer
basic life support service, and

first aid, ambulance
,
or rescue squad or squads involved.� The
agreements may provide for:�

���� a.����
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Terms
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terms

and conditions for payment by the municipality receiving assistance to the
municipality rendering assistance for each member and each equipped
basic
life support service, or
first aid, ambulance
,
or rescue squad
apparatus
,
for each hour supplied;�

���� b.���
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The
]

the

reimbursement of the municipality or municipalities rendering assistance for
any damage to
basic life support service, or
first aid, ambulance
,

or rescue squad equipment or other property
,
and for payment to any
member of a
basic life support service, or
first aid, ambulance
,

or rescue squad
,
for injuries sustained while serving pursuant to such
agreements, or to a surviving spouse or other dependent if death results; and��

���� c.����
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a

joint meeting of the municipalities entering into such agreements regarding
other matters as are mutually deemed necessary.�

(cf: P.L.1993, c.58, s.2)

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.�