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JFAC adds $250,000 and three FTEs to Military Division to support transfer of emergency medical services
Summary
Following a committee action to move emergency medical services from the Department of Health and Welfare to the Military Division, JFAC approved $250,000 in personnel costs and three full-time equivalents for the military management program to provide administrative and procurement support.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved $250,000 in dedicated funds and three full-time equivalent positions for the Military Division’s military management program to support the state’s emergency medical services program after its transfer from the Department of Health and Welfare.
Committee staff explained that the earlier action to relocate emergency medical services (EMS) to the Military Division required additional administrative, procurement and fiscal support that Health and Welfare previously provided through its larger support staff. The analyst said the Military Division has a smaller workforce and would therefore require added staff to perform administrative functions once EMS is transferred.
Frances Lippett, budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, told the committee the package provides personnel costs and three FTEs in the military management program, which handles administrative, fiscal and human resources duties for the division. Committee members asked why additional FTEs were necessary; Lippett explained that Health and Welfare’s larger staff could absorb certain support tasks that the smaller Military Division cannot.
Senator Burkey moved the motion; Representative Galaviz seconded. The committee recorded the senate portion of the vote as seven ayes and three nays and the house portion as nine ayes and one nay, for a combined total of 16 ayes and 4 nays. The committee forwarded the proposal with a do-pass recommendation.
Committee discussion framed the change as part of implementation of House Bill 206, with committee staff referencing prior committee action that transferred EMS oversight and included initial transition funding. No additional language or conditions were added at the time of the motion.
