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Committee makes permanent counseling coverage for first responders after pilot sunset; emergency clause added for earlier implementation
Summary
Lawmakers moved to make a previously sunsetting trauma assistance program permanent (house bill 1505 / act 537). Municipal League and firefighter organizations supported confidential counseling and peer‑support integration; committee adopted an emergency clause and passed the bill.
Representative Matthew Stallings (presenting for Representative Wing) described House Bill 1505 as a measure to make permanent the trauma assistance program for first responders that had earlier been enacted with a sunset clause. The bill removes the sunset and keeps confidential counseling access that had been provided in the prior session.
Why it matters: First responders regularly face high volumes of traumatic exposures; backers argued that continued confidential counseling and…
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