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Senate adopts bill to move Bureau of Emergency Medical Services under Department of Public Safety
Summary
The Senate passed a substitute that transfers oversight of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, creating a bureau that will report directly to the DPS commissioner; senators said the move aims to improve rural advocacy and oversight.
Senators voted to move the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) out of the Department of Health and place it under the Department of Public Safety, making EMS a bureau that reports directly to the DPS commissioner.
Sponsor Sen. Owens said the change will give EMS greater institutional prominence and better advocacy, particularly for rural areas that he said have lacked representation. "EMS in the Department of Health is just a small little piece and hasn't been well…
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