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Wyoming County committee backs four NYSAC conference resolutions
Summary
The Public Safety Committee voted unanimously to support four NYSAC conference resolutions urging changes to 'Raise the Age' funding, permitting stipends for volunteer firefighters and EMS from fire district tax funds, pursuing a federal 1115 Medicaid waiver for justice-involved people, and improving probation and alternatives to incarceration.
The Wyoming County Public Safety Committee on April 2 voted to endorse a package of four resolutions to be presented at the NYSAC winter conference, with motions made by Supervisor Berwanger and recorded as seven ayes on each item.
The resolutions ask state and federal policymakers to: align 'Raise the Age' funding with mandatory county responsibilities; permit volunteer fire districts and companies to pay stipends to volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel from existing fire district tax funds; urge the governor and the State Department of Health to pursue a federal 1115 Medicaid waiver to enroll justice-involved adults and youth in Medicaid/CHIP up to 90 days before expected release; and support efforts to expand probation and alternatives to incarceration to reduce reliance on prisons and jails. Committee records show each motion carried and was placed for County resolution consideration.
