While bills to restore tort liability protection to emergency medical technicians and to increase the tort limits have continued on separate tracks in the Senate, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Frank Buck has offered an amendment in the House that would place both issues in the same bill. The week of May 7 will be a critical time for these issues, and TML members need to contact their legislators on these issues in both the House and Senate.
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Senate set for Monday vote on TML-supported EMT bill. The Tennessee Municipal League strongly supports SB 1013 and its companion bill, HB 1555, introduced by Rep. Ulysses Jones. Until an October 2000 Tennessee Supreme Court ruling, EMTs were protected under the Governmental Tort Liability Act. House Judiciary Committee Action on Tort Issues set for Tuesday. On Tuesday, May 8, the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider three tort liability bills.