SB 89

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                                    2026 South Dakota Legislature
                                                Senate Bill 89
                                                   ENROLLED
                                             AN ACT
ENTITLED An Act to create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical
         services as an essential service and the funding thereof.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. The Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council shall establish the
Emergency Medical Services Funding Task Force. The task force shall:
   (1)      Examine mechanisms to fund counties and municipalities for the provision of
            emergency medical services as an essential service;
   (2)      Examine policies for ambulance service payments, including reimbursement
            standards for out of network emergency medical services;
   (3)      Seek input from relevant stakeholders on the provision of emergency medical
            services as an essential service;
   (4)      Provide to the executive board, no later than November 1, 2026, a report
            containing findings and recommendations for legislative proposals related to the
            funding of emergency medical services in this state; and
   (5)      Review planned expenditures of the Rural Health Transformation program and
            evaluate opportunities to incorporate the funds into emergency medical services
            funding strategies.
            The task force shall meet no more than five times during the 2026 interim. The
   task force is dissolved upon the delivery of the task force's report to the executive board.
Section 2. The Emergency Medical Services Funding Task Force consists of:
   (1)      The chairs of the health and human services committees of the House of
            Representatives and the Senate;
   (2)      The chairs of the taxation committees of the House of Representatives and the
            Senate;
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   (3)      Four members of the House of Representatives, one of whom must be a member
            of the minority party, appointed by the Executive Board of the Legislative Research
            Council; and
   (4)      Three members of the Senate, one of whom must be a member of the minority
            party, appointed by the executive board.
            If the chair of a committee is unable to serve on the task force, the Executive Board
   of the Legislative Research Council may appoint another member of the committee to
   serve in the chair's place.
SB89 ENROLLED
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An Act to create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an
essential service and the funding thereof.
                                                     Received at this Executive Office
 I certify that the attached Act originated in       this _____ day of _____________,
 the:
                                                     2026 at ____________M.
 Senate as Bill No. 89
                                                     By
                      Secretary of the Senate  for the Governor
                                                                      The attached Act is hereby
                                                                  approved this ________ day of
                      President of the Senate  ______________, A.D., 2026
 Attest:
                                                                                        Governor
                      Secretary of the Senate
                                                     STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
                                                                                               ss.
                                                     Office of the Secretary of State
                         Speaker of the House
                                                                    Filed ____________, 2026
 Attest:  at _________ o'clock __M.
                     Chief Clerk of the House  Secretary of State
 Senate Bill No. 89  By
 File No. ____  Asst. Secretary of State
 Chapter No. ______
SB89 ENROLLED