An Act To Make a Technical Correction to the Law Establishing the State Trauma Prevention and Control Advisory Committee within the Field of Public Safety
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§49-B, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 311, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§74-I is enacted to read:
74-I.
| Public Safety | State Trauma Prevention and Control Advisory Committee | Not Authorized | 32 MRSA §87-A |
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §87-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2007, c. 274, §17, is further amended to read:
2. State Trauma Prevention and Control Advisory Committee. The State Trauma Prevention and Control Advisory Committee, as established in Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 49-B 74-I, is appointed by the board to advise the board on all matters related to trauma care system development. The committee's members must be broadly representative of trauma prevention and care providers as a whole, must be as geographically diverse as possible and must include, without limitation:
A. A representative of the board;
B. Four surgeons representing trauma-related subspecialties;
C. Two emergency physicians;
D. The director;
E. An emergency nurse;
F. A critical care nurse;
G. A trauma rehabilitation specialist;
H. A representative of the regional councils;
I. A representative of air ambulance services;
J. Two representatives of prehospital care providers;
K. Three hospital administrators, one from a small hospital, one from a medium hospital and one from a large hospital;
L. A representative of the Maine Hospital Association; and
M. A representative of trauma care system users.
Summary
Under current law, the State Trauma Prevention and Control Advisory Committee is established under the subject field of "Human Services." This bill instead establishes that committee under the subject field "Public Safety."