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Bill would fund ‘earn-while-you-learn’ EMT slots; Mayo Clinic pilot cited as model
2689561 · March 19, 2025
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Summary
Senate File 11-32 proposes a grant program to pay trainees a livable wage while they train to become EMTs; witnesses described a Mayo Clinic pilot that hired trainees, paid wages while they trained, and produced new EMT hires.
Senate File 11-32, carried by Senator Hoffman, would establish an "earn-while-you-learn" grant program, administered by the Office of Emergency Medical Services, to subsidize wages and training costs for employees during EMT coursework.
Under the proposal, ambulance services that use EMTs for at least 50 percent of staffing would be eligible. Grant…
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