AN ACT repealing the law that authorizes counties to franchise ambulance services and providing that county officials shall not be required to approve modifications in the level of care provided by ems providers that are not owned or operated by a city in the county or the county responsible for the emergency management system.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A‑250 is repealed.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any provision of or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to the authority granted in G.S. 143‑508(b), Article 7 of Chapter 131E of the General Statutes, or any other provision of law, a county manager or EMS administrator delegated the authority to act on behalf of the county shall not be required to sign a document or otherwise approve of a modification in the level of care being provided by a provider within the county's emergency management system. For purposes of this section, a modification means either an increase or decrease in level of care. The provisions of this section do not apply if the provider is a city located within the county or the county responsible for the emergency management system.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law. Section 2 of this act applies to any modification in the level of care occurring on or after the date this act becomes law.