It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 23-4.1-7.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-4.1 entitled "Emergency Medical Transportation Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:

23-4.1-7.1. Restocking of municipal ambulance supplies. -- (a) The director of health, with the cooperation of hospitals licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title, will develop a listing of supplies that are subject to mandatory restocking in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Every hospital licensed in accordance with chapter 17 of this title is required to restock supplies listed in accordance with subsection (a) of this section that are used by municipal, emergency medical services, or volunteer ambulance companies a licensed emergency medical services provider in transporting emergency patients to such hospital. Restocking will not be required: (i) in the absence of documentation of supply usage on the emergency patient's RI EMS ambulance run report or (ii) if the municipal or volunteer ambulance company licensed emergency medical services provider bills any third party payer for the supplies which were used.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.