Resolve, to Study the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0841
Committee Amendment CA_A_S414 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/^ " to S,P. 374, L.D. 841, "Resolve, to Study the
Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry Service Effects on Island
Communities in the State"
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'Resolve, to Study the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry Service
Effects on Unbridged Island Communities in the State'
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following:
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, emergency medical services are essential services and failing to provide
these essential services adversely affects public health; and
Whereas, addressing the delivery of emergency medical services to unbridged island
communities will require input and collaboration from several stakeholders; and
Whereas, tliis legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period
in order to address these issues; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
therefore, be it
Sec. 1. Department of Public Safety, Maine Emergency Medical Services
to convene working group. Resolved: That the Department of Public Safety, Maine
Emergency Medical Services shall convene a working group to study the delivery of
emergency medical services to and feny service implications on unbridged island
communities in the State, The study must include an evaluation of the long-term
sustainability of emergency medical services to unbridged islands, legal and regulatoiy
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I requirements related to sucli services and a cost comparison to emergency medical services
needs and costs statewide.
Sec. 2. Membership. Resolved: That the working group under section 1 consists
of the following members:
1. The Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services within the Department of
Public Safety, or the director's designee;
2. A representative of a municipal government of an unbridged island commun ity that
is served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Perry Service;
3, A representative of a municipal government of an imbridged island community that
is not served by the Deparhnent of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
4, A representative who provides emergency medical services on an unbridged island
community served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
5, A representative of the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service;
6, A representative of an organization with experience in providing air ambulance
critical care transport services in the State;
7. A representative of a statewide association representing ambulance services; and
8. A representative of a municipal fire department that provides marine emergency
medical services that are not primarily facilitated through a ferry service to an unbridged
island community,
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That, by January 1, 2026, the Department of Public
Safety, Maine Bmergency Medical Services shall submit a report that includes the findings
and recommendations of the working group under section 1, including suggested
legislation, for presentation to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public
Safety and to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation. Both committees may
submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd
Legislature.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation
takes effect when approved.'
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the resolve and adds an emergency preamble and emergency
clause. The amendment requires the working group to study tlie long-term susta inability
of emergency medical services to unbridged island .communities, legal and regulatory
requirements related to such services and a cost comparison to emergency medical services
needs and costs statewide.
7 The amendment changes the working group in the following ways.
1, The Department of Public Safety, Maine Emergency Medical Services is to convene
the working group instead of the Maine Office of Community Affairs.
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2. The resolve requires a representative of an unbridged island community that is
served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Ferry Service and an unbridged
island community that is not. The amendment clarifies that these representatives represent
a municipal government on the unbridged island communities.
3. It requires, to serve as a member, the Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services
within the Department of Public Safety instead of the director of the Maine Office of
Community Affairs,
4, It removes a representative of emergency medical services of an island community
and replaces it with a representative providing emergency medical services on an unbridged
island community served by the Department of Transportation, Maine State Peny Service.
5, It adds a representative of a statewide association representing ambulance services.
6, It adds a representative of a municipal fire department that provides marine
emergency medical services that are not primarily facilitated through a ferry service to an
unbridged island community.
The amendment requires that the report also be sent to the Joint Standing Committee
on Transportation in addition to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and
Public Safety, Both committees have the authority to submit legislation based on the report
to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature. The amendment makes other
technical changes.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Approved: 05/29/25 I^Kt^
LD 841 LR 2012(02)
Resolve, to Study the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry Service Effects on Island
Communities in the State
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/
Committee! Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund .
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Any additional costs to the Department of Public Safety .from convening the working group and reporting the ref
are expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
Any additional costs to the Department of Transportation to serve on the working group are expected to be minor and
can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources,
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