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Hennepin County delays EMS staffing change, forms year-long task force to study governance and funding
Summary
After providers warned a return to two‑paramedic staffing would force ambulance reductions, the board suspended that portion of Ordinance 9 through 2027 and directed a task force to study Hennepin EMS governance and funding for one year.
Hennepin County commissioners voted to suspend a proposed amendment to Ordinance 9 that would have reimposed a two‑paramedic staffing requirement for ALS ambulances, instead creating a year‑long task force to study the governance and funding of the county's EMS system.
The health committee heard testimony from county EMS providers that reinstating two‑paramedic staffing could…
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