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SF0088 • 2015

Emergency care-stroke and acute heart attack patients.

AN ACT relating to health care facilities; providing for designation of hospitals as acute stroke ready centers; requiring emergency medical services providers to adopt protocols for stroke and acute heart attack patients as specified; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Craft
Last action
2015-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2015

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Amendments

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SF0088HS001

Standing Committee • House Labor

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by House Labor

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SF0088SS001

Standing Committee • SLabor

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted Standing Committee by SLabor

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Bill History

  1. 2015-03-12 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2015-03-12 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0073

  3. 2015-03-04 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0073

  4. 2015-03-04 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0073

  5. 2015-03-04 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0073

  6. 2015-03-04 Senate

    S Concur:Passed 29-0-1-0-0

  7. 2015-03-04 Senate

    S Received for Concurrence

  8. 2015-03-03 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 55-4-1-0-0

  9. 2015-03-02 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  10. 2015-02-27 House

    H COW:Passed

  11. 2015-02-27 House

    Amendment Adopted

  12. 2015-02-24 House

    H Placed on General File

  13. 2015-02-24 House

    Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  14. 2015-02-18 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor

  15. 2015-01-29 House

    H Received for Introduction

  16. 2015-01-27 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  17. 2015-01-26 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  18. 2015-01-23 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  19. 2015-01-23 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  20. 2015-01-23 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  21. 2015-01-23 Senate

    Labor:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  22. 2015-01-20 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10 - Labor

  23. 2015-01-19 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  24. 2015-01-19 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
SF0088
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0374

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA 73

Chapter No.:
170

Prime Sponsor:
Craft

Catch Title:
Emergency care-stroke and acute heart attack patients.

Subject:
Amends Deptartment
of Health
’
s program of designated heart attack and stroke emergency centers.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current law adopted in 2013 directs the Department of Health to recognize and designate health care facilities as heart attack receiving centers, heart attack referring centers, comprehensive stroke centers or primary stroke centers.

This act:

Adds acute stroke ready centers to the list of designated emergency treatment centers;

Directs the Department to adopt evidence based protocols for emergency medical personnel to treat and transport stroke and acute heart attack patients.

Comments:

Requires a report by
October 1, 2016, from Deptartment
of Health to the Joint Labor Interim Committee regarding designated stroke and heart centers, with any recommended legislative changes.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

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ORIGINAL
Senate
File No
.
SF0088

ENROLLED ACT NO. 73,

SENATE

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015 General Session

AN ACT relating to health care facilities; providing for designation of hospitals as acute stroke ready centers; requiring emergency medical services providers to adopt protocols for stroke and acute heart attack patients as specified; requiring a report; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 35
‑
2
‑
1001(
a
)
(intro), (iii),
by creating a new paragraph
(v)
and (d) by creating a new paragraph (v)
is
amended to read:

35
‑
2
‑
1001
.

Designation of heart attack and stroke centers.

(a)

The department of health shall establish by rule and regulation the process for recognition and designation of hospitals
as
any one (1) or more of the following
:

(iii)

Comprehensive stroke centers;
and

(v)

Acute stroke ready centers.

(d)

The department shall adopt rules and regulations to enforce this article, which shall include all of the following:

(v)

Evidence based prehospital care protocols for emergency medical services providers to assess, treat and transport stroke and acute heart attack patients. The office of emergency medical services shall work in coordination with licensed emergency medical providers in developing the protocols which shall include:

(A
)

P
lans for the triage and transport of
stroke
patients to the closest comprehensive or primary stroke center or, when appropriate, to an acute stroke ready center
;

(B
)

Plans for the triage and transport of acute heart attack patients to the closest receiving or referring center within a specified time after
a
patients
report
of symptoms.

Section 2.

The department of health shall submit a one
‑
time report to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee by October 1, 2016, describing how many acute stroke ready centers have been designated as a result of this act, what protocols have been developed to assess, treat and transport stroke and acute heart attack patients, and any other relevant information the committee may need to determine whether additional legislation may be necessary to enhance services statewide for stroke and acute heart attack patients.
Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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