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25th Knesset · outgoing

Telephone Medical Emergency Call Center Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק מוקד חירום רפואי טלפוני

TL;DRA proposal to establish a national medical emergency phone center that will dispatch registered on-call responders (doctors, paramedics, nurses, emergency medical technicians) to incidents requiring initial medical treatment at the scene.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The proposal provides for establishing a national medical emergency phone center that will operate continuously all year round under Magen David Adom. The center will receive calls by dialing 101 free of charge, will dispatch registered on-call responders from a central register, and will document the treatment. On-call responders (holding certificates as doctors, paramedics, nurses and emergency medical technicians) will be listed in the register provided that they belong to an approved auxiliary organization, meet training and equipment requirements, and have not been convicted of certain offenses. The proposal places responsibility on the auxiliary organizations and Magen David Adom for the training, supervision and insurance of the on-call responders, and sets a duty of confidentiality on patient information.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: May 10, 2023
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed50 for · 11 against · 0 abstained · 59 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudFor 19 · Absent 13
ShasFor 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismFor 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismFor 4 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditFor 5 · Absent 1
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidAgainst 9 · Absent 15
Yisrael BeytenuAgainst 1 · Absent 5
Ra'amFor 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborAgainst 1 · Absent 3

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