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Advocates call for state help for paramedic training costs to shore up EMS workforce
Summary
Witnesses told the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee that paramedic training costs — often thousands of dollars and sometimes due before graduation — are a barrier that contributes to a short, stressed EMS workforce. James Meany of the Advancing Heroes Fund urged the committee to support HB 7131 and to fund paramedic tuition,
Advocates for emergency medical services asked the committee to back HB 7131 and related measures to reduce the cost burden of paramedic training and stabilize the state’s EMS workforce.
James Meany, founding member of the Advancing Heroes…
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