PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota House of Representatives is the next stop for House Bill 1097. The measure would allow an air ambulance provider to use its ground units to provide limited transport of patients when a local ambulance is not available. District 24 Representative Mike Wesigram says patient care needs to be a priority…
The idea started back in the administrative rules process late fall. District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff is a member of the Interim Rules Review Committee and doesn’t see the measure as currently proposed hurting rural ambulance services in the state…
District 24 Representative and House Majority Leader Will Mortenson says the bill is about balance and compromise…
The bill is has not yet been scheduled for the House’s second reading debate calendar.
