5832530 Resolution 21-355, Emergency Medical Services Contract Authority Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016

A RESOLUTION

                                                        

21-355

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

January 5, 2016        

 

               

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to congressional review, with respect to the need to amend An Act To classify the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, to authorize the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department to contract with third parties to provide supplemental pre-hospital medical care and transportation for Basic Life Support calls for service, to require that third-party contracts preclude the District from liability and contain an indemnification provision, to set forth reporting requirements for third-party contractors, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, and the Office of Unified Communications, and to extend the public duty doctrine to claims against the District for actions of a third-party contractor.

 

            BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Emergency Medical Services Contract Authority Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2016”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) There is an immediate need to amend An Act To classify the officers and members of the fire department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, to authorize the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department to contract with third parties to provide supplemental pre-hospital medical care and transportation for Basic Life Support calls for service, to require that third-party contracts preclude the District from liability and contain an indemnification provision, to set forth reporting requirements for third-party contractors, the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, and the Office of Unified Communications, and to extend the public duty doctrine to claims against the District for actions of a third-party contractor.

(b) This bill is necessary to prevent a gap in the law as the emergency legislation, the Emergency Medical Services Contract Authority Emergency Amendment Act of 2015, effective October 16, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-0154; 62 DCR 13701), expires on January 14, 2016.

 (c) Temporary legislation, the Emergency Medical Services Contract Authority Temporary Amendment Act of 2015, enacted on November 23, 2015 (D.C. Act 21-0207; 62 DCR 15597), may not become law until after the expiration of the emergency legislation; therefore, a congressional review emergency is needed to prevent a gap in the law.

 

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Emergency Medical Services Contract Authority Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2016 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.