00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 191                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to medical care for major emergencies."                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 18.08.010 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 18.08.010. Administration. The department is responsible for the                                      
05       development, implementation, and maintenance of a statewide comprehensive                                         
06       emergency medical services system and, accordingly, shall                                                         
07                 (1)  coordinate public and private agencies engaged in the planning and                                 
08       delivery of emergency medical services, including trauma care and care for major                              
09       emergencies, to plan an emergency medical services system;                                                    
10                 (2)  assist public and private agencies to deliver emergency medical                                    
11       services, including trauma care and care for major emergencies, through the award                             
12       of grants in aid;                                                                                                 
13 (3)  conduct, encourage, and approve programs of education and                                                          
14 training designed to upgrade the knowledge and skills of health personnel involved in                                   
15 emergency medical services, including trauma care and care for major emergencies;                                   

01 (4)  establish and maintain a process under which hospitals and clinics                                                 
02 could represent themselves to be trauma centers or otherwise capable of treating                                    
03 major emergencies because they voluntarily meet criteria adopted by the department;                                 
04 criteria adopted by the department to implement this paragraph must be based on an                                      
05       applicable national evaluation system.                                                                            
06    * Sec. 2. AS 18.08.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                               
07                 (15)  "major emergency" includes a heart attack or stroke.