Police will be able to use defibrillators fitted in their patrol cars to give first aid at the scene of an incident. That's under a bill from Georgi Iliev and a group of MPs, which parliament's health committee passed at first reading by 18 votes to none, with no abstentions.

The committee also backed a bill from Alexander Simidchiev and a group of MPs, by 16 votes to none, with 2 abstentions. Under the bill, people assessed by a TELK medical board, and their legal representatives, will be able to see their health records in the database run by NELK, the national medical expert board. They will also be able to file applications and declaration forms online under the e-government law, including through an authorized representative.

The NELK database will also run a system that flags, on its own, cases where someone may have wrongly been declared permanently unfit for work. If a TELK ruling looks risky, the case will go to NELK. If a NELK ruling itself looks risky, the health minister will appoint people to review it.

Committee members voted down a bill from Kostadin Kostadinov and a group of MPs. It would have required anyone at the scene of a medical emergency to call 112, notify the nearest emergency medical center or other medical facility, and alert the nearest police station as well.

The two bills that passed now go to the full chamber for a first-reading vote.