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JFAC moves to reallocate emergency medical services budget to Idaho Military Division; transfers and new positions proposed
Summary
Legislators moved to transfer the state Emergency Medical Services program from the Department of Health and Welfare to the Idaho Military Division and approved associated appropriations and a part-time medical director, though several motion tallies required by Senate committee procedure will be advanced to the Senate for resolution.
The committee took up the planned transfer of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) out of the Department of Health and Welfare and into the Idaho Military Division, where the office will sit alongside the Office of Emergency Management and other operational units within the Military Division.
Background: House Bill 206 (recently passed both chambers) establishes the administrative transfer of the EMS budgeted program to the Idaho Military Division. Committee action required the House-committee side to reduce DHW base appropriations and separately to add the program and funding into the Military Division’s budget.
Actions and votes - The committee considered a motion to reduce the DHW public-health appropriation for the EMS program and to transfer resources (including FTP) related to the…
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