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Committee approves EMS bill to move bureau, create critical needs account and raise grant cap
Summary
SB 209, reorganizing emergency medical services under the Department of Public Safety and creating a critical-needs grant account with an increased grant cap, was amended and passed unanimously after testimony from EMS providers and the bureau director.
The Health and Human Services Committee recommended SB 209—emergency medical services—as amended. Sponsors described the bill as a package of technical and structural fixes following the transfer of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety.
Senator Owens introduced the bill and called Director Bushman from the Bureau of EMS to present. Major provisions…
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