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Committee begins transfer of Emergency Medical Services to Idaho Military Division; some motions sent to Senate for further action
Summary
Committee members approved motions to reduce the Department of Health and Welfare's EMS appropriation and to create funding in the Military Division contingent on enactment of HB206, but a number of measures lacked Senate concurrence in committee and were forwarded for additional Senate action.
The committee considered the administrative transfer of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) budgeted program from the Department of Health and Welfare to the Idaho Military Division, a change associated with House Bill 206.
Ms. Lippitt, budget and policy analyst with Legislative Services, told members the transfer would remove EMS appropriations from DHW and add funding to the Military Division for an operationally focused EMS program under the Adjutant General and the Office of Emergency Management.
The committee moved to reduce DHW's public health base…
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