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Committee approves EMS interstate compact to boost cross-border emergency response
Summary
House Bill 1253, adopting the Emergency Medical Services Compact, passed committee. Supporters said joining 24 other states would improve workforce mobility, disaster response and disciplinary information exchange for EMS clinicians.
Rep. Lee Johnson presented an amendment to add a cosponsor, then physicians and EMS leaders testified in support of House Bill 1253 to adopt the EMS interstate compact.
Dr. Brandon Morchetti, an emergency medicine physician and EMS medical director, and a senior EMS clinician described the compact's operational benefits: allowing licensed EMS clinicians from compact states to…
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