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House advances bipartisan EMS modernization bill after two years of stakeholder work
Summary
First substitute SB54, a bipartisan rewrite of the state's EMS statute crafted with providers and officials over two years, passed the House on Feb. 25, 1999 after discussion of program structure and funding moves to stabilize EMS testing and operations.
The House considered first substitute Senate Bill 54, the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act, which sponsor Representative Cox characterized as the product of a two‑year consensus involving public and private EMS providers, hospitals, local officials and state staff. The bill is intended to update the 1981 EMS Act to address cost, quality and access and to expand local government…
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