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Utah House designates EMS an essential service, passes HB303 unanimously
Summary
The Utah House passed Substitute House Bill 303 to recognize emergency medical services as an essential service, create clearer service-area licensing and preserve local control; sponsor said it requires no new state funding and the measure passed 69-0.
The Utah House on Feb. 18 approved Substitute House Bill 303, Emergency Medical Services Revisions, by a vote of 69-0, moving to designate EMS as an essential service and to create clearer rules for licensing, service areas and local control.
Sponsor Representative Johnson told colleagues the measure reflects a year of study and stakeholder work and has backing from the League of Cities and Towns, the Utah Association of Counties, county commissioners, the Utah…
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