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Committee pauses paratransit bill after counties warn of potential local costs
Summary
HB58 would require locally funded transit programs that get state dollars to include interjurisdictional paratransit routes to medical facilities; members supported the access goal but asked for more work with rural counties and MAKO on cost implications, and the bill was deferred for further stakeholder conversations.
House Bill 58 would require local transportation programs that receive state funding to include interjurisdictional paratransit routes between medical facilities, aiming to improve access to specialty care across county lines.
Sponsor Delegate Healy described the bill as a health‑access measure: "We're already spending the money. I…
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