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March 10, 2008 issue
Miscellaneous
BILL: SB 249 – Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Commission
AUTHOR: Sen. Tom Wyss, R-Fort Wayne
SPONSOR: Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary
ISMA POSITION: Support
THIS WEEK: The governor signed SB 249 into law.
SB 249 would require the EMS commission to adopt rules concerning triage and transportation protocols for the transport of trauma patients consistent with the field triage decision scheme of the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
BILL: HB 1113 – Birth Certificate Fraud
AUTHOR: Rep. Nancy Dembowski, D-Knox
SPONSOR: Sen. Richard Bray, R-Martinsville
ISMA POSITION: Neutral
THIS WEEK: HB 1113 was signed by the Senate president pro tem and is awaiting the signature of the House speaker and the governor to become law.
HB 1113 increases the penalty for:
- Making a false statement when applying for a birth certificate
- Counterfeiting a certified copy of a birth certificate or
- Using a counterfeit copy of a birth certificate from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony.
BILL: HB 1144 – Failure to Report a Dead Body
AUTHOR: Rep. Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City
SPONSOR: Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford
ISMA POSITION: Neutral
THIS WEEK: The House voted 94-0 to concur with the amendments made to the bill in the Senate. HB 1144 will now move to the Senate president pro tem, House speaker and the governor for their signatures.
The bill would establish a Class A misdemeanor for a person who knowingly or intentionally fails to report within three hours the discovery of a dead body when it appears the deceased person died by violence, suicide, accident, or under certain other suspicious or unusual circumstances.
The report must be made to a public safety officer, coroner, physician or 911 telephone call center.
BILL: HB 1318 – Funding for Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Fund
AUTHOR: Rep. Carolene Mays, D-Indianapolis
SPONSOR: Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville
ISMA POSITION: Neutral
THIS WEEK: The House voted 94-0 to concur with the amendments made to the bill in the Senate. HB 1318 will now move to the Senate president pro tem, House speaker and the governor for their signatures.
HB 1318 changes funding for the spinal cord and brain injury fund from a $10 motorcycle registration fee to a $.50 fee on passenger motor vehicles, motorcycles, trucks, buses and RVs. The bill makes technical changes to the fund and increases the law enforcement continuing education program fee from $3 to $4.
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