(a) There shall be established within the Department of Public Health an Office of Emergency Medical Services. The office shall be responsible for program development activities, including, but not limited to: (1) Public education and information programs; (2) administering the emergency medical services equipment and local system development grant program; (3) planning; (4) regional council oversight; (5) training; and (6) providing staff support to the advisory board.

(b) The Office of Emergency Medical Services shall adopt a five-year planning cycle for the state-wide plan for the coordinated delivery of medical emergency services required by subsection (a) of this section. The plan shall contain: (1) Specific goals for the delivery of such emergency medical services; (2) a time frame for achievement of such goals; (3) cost data and alternative funding sources for the development of such goals; and (4) performance standards for the evaluation of such goals.

(c) Not later than July 1, 2001, the Office of Emergency Medical Services shall, with the advice of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board established pursuant to section 19a-178a and the regional emergency medical services councils established pursuant to section 19a-183, develop model local emergency medical services plans and performance agreements to guide municipalities in the development of such plans and agreements. In developing the model plans and agreements, the office shall take into account (1) the differences in the delivery of emergency medical services in urban, suburban and rural settings, (2) the state-wide plan for the coordinated delivery of emergency medical services adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 19a-177, and (3) guidelines or standards and contracts or written agreements in use by municipalities of similar population and characteristics.

(P.A. 74-305, S. 6, 19; P.A. 75-112, S. 5, 18; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-195, S. 6; P.A. 00-151, S. 3, 14.)

History: P.A. 75-112 added Subdiv. (c) re performance of duties assigned by health commissioner and deleted provision requiring office to report findings to commission on hospitals and health care; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-73z transferred to Sec. 19a-178 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-195 deleted office responsibilities re licensure, certification and inspectors, added Subdivs. (1) to (6) re program development activities and added new Subsec. (b) re five-year plan; P.A. 00-151 added new Subsec. (c) re model local emergency medical services plans and performance agreements, effective July 1, 2000.

Cited. 242 C. 152.