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Task force backs calls to include athletic trainers in SB1450 as state budget uncertainty clouds prospects
Summary
Task force members discussed SB1450—which task force members say includes a recruitment grant for athletic trainers—an occupational-licensure fee bill and a heat-related workplace bill; a state public-health staff member warned that recent federal grant clawbacks could complicate fiscal prospects for new programs
Members of the Connecticut Athletic Trainers Association task force reviewed pending legislation and organized a short "call to action" asking members to contact their state legislators to press for athletic-trainer language in a larger health-care workforce bill.
Melania, speaking for the task force legislative effort, said SB1450 "does include a section on athletic trainers" and that the group had redlined the bill to request additional sections on loan forgiveness and incentives aimed at recruiting trainers to underserved and rural areas.
Why it matters: SB1450 could create grant programs and incentives the task force requested in its initial report; task force members said including athletic trainers in the bill would align state…
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