Availability of Emergency Medical Services

Added multiple new Senate sponsors to the bill's sponsorship list.

Updated the reading status header to reflect the 3rd Reading Unamended stage.

Reorganized the text to move the definition of 'justifiable medical emergency' to an earlier section and removed the standalone definition for 'health information organization network'.

The definition of 'justifiable medical emergency' was modified to explicitly exclude 'excited delirium' and any acute psychiatric diagnosis not recognized in the most recent edition of the DSM.

A mental health professional responding to a justifiable medical emergency was added to the list of individuals classified as 'first responders'.

A new section was added to create the State Emergency Medical and Trauma Services Advisory Council.

The bill title and summary were updated to reflect the Senate's focus on defining emergency medical services rather than increasing their general availability.

Removed the definition of 'out-of-hospital services' and the exclusion of prehospital transports from the emergency services criteria.

Added a list of new co-sponsors to the House sponsorship section.

Updated the bill summary header to indicate the bill is in its third reading unamended version.

Added 'ground transportation to a crisis stabilization unit' as a covered emergency service.

Included telemedicine services used to prevent ambulance transport within the definition of emergency services.

Added a new definition for 'out-of-hospital services' to specify billing rates and exclude prehospital transports.

Updated the statute citation from C.R.S. 10-16-102 to C.R.S. 10-16-704 to align with current network adequacy laws.