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Committee backs bill trimming community paramedic training hours and refocusing training on social determinants
Summary
The committee approved HB 1136 to reduce the community paramedic training requirement previously set at 300 hours and to replace emergency‑department training content with material on social determinants of health to better match community paramedic duties.
Sponsor presented HB 1136 as a workforce measure to lower the previous 300‑hour training requirement for community paramedics and to reorient training away from emergency‑department services toward social determinants of health, such as transportation barriers, medication access and post‑discharge follow up. The sponsor said lowering…
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