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Emery County officials and state lawmaker outline rural health funds and consider TRT pay to retain Green River EMS staff
Summary
At a Green River community meeting, Emery County officials and Rep. Logan Monson discussed federal rural health transformation funds flowing to the state and explored using local TRT dollars—including a proposed $25,000 annual stipend—to retain weekend EMS staffing in Green River amid reports of long ambulance waits.
At a community meeting in Green River, Emery County officials and state Representative Logan Monson described both an infusion of federal rural health funding at the state level and local ideas to address critical gaps in emergency medical services.
Rep. Logan Monson, vice chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee, told the audience the state expects to receive roughly $160,000,000 a year for five years from federal rural health transformation funding to support rural health initiatives and encouraged county-city coordination to expand services. "We are expecting at the state to get around a $160,000,000 a year for the next 5 years to find ways to transform rural health," Monson said.
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