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Maryland EMS agency budget rises to $25.8M as critical-care coordination center remains unfunded
Summary
The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIMS) told the House Appropriations subcommittee its fiscal 2026 budget rises to $25.8 million but does not include funding to restart its Critical Care Coordination Center, which was placed in hibernation in June 2024 after federal grant funding expired.
The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems' fiscal 2026 allowance totals $25,800,000, $3 million more than the fiscal 2025 appropriation, Department of Legislative Services analyst Naomi Kimura told the Health and Social Services Subcommittee on Jan. 29.
The increase is driven primarily by personnel costs, including salary and fringe-benefit increases, and includes two new positions: a contractual ambulance inspector (already filled) and a program manager to oversee an AED-naloxone co-location requirement, Kimura said. The budget also includes a $390,000 CDC-funded pilot to collect hospital bed-capacity data as part of the National Healthcare Safety Network.
Why it matters: Maryland has higher emergency department transfer and wait times than the national average, a trend MIMS and multiple…
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