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Senate workforce committee votes 'do not pass' on bill loosening EMS instructor affiliation requirement
Summary
The State Senate Workforce Development Committee voted to recommend a do‑not‑pass on Senate Bill 2,100, which would have removed a DHHS rule requiring EMS instructors to be affiliated with licensed EMS training institutes.
The State Senate Workforce Development Committee voted to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2,100, a measure that would have removed a Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) rule requiring Emergency Medical Services (EMS) instructors to be affiliated with a licensed EMS training institute.
Committee members said the bill was intended to ease training access for volunteer EMS responders in rural areas, but DHHS rules and funding shortfalls have created practical obstacles to that goal. Senator Kimberly Larson, a committee member, argued the rule had…
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