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  Calif. EMS providers urge a 'no' vote on ‘deceiving’ Prop 11

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  Dozens of EMS providers protested against the ballot measure which they say eliminates private companies’ liability for violating legislation that would keep the current practice of staying on call during breaks in place

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  Ill. paramedic helps write bill to reform rural EMS across state

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  Paramedic Mark Kennedy helped U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin write the SIREN Act, which would reauthorize a federal grant program to support rural EMS agencies

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  NY legislators call for permanent funding of 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund

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  A bipartisan group is asking their counterparts in Congress to permanently fund the program designed to help responders and other victims of the attacks

• Calif. bill would require EMTs, paramedics to stay on-call during breaks

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  Proposition 11 would require these paramedics and EMTs to be on-call for their full shifts as they have for years

• Wash. county to spend $4.4M more on EMS

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  About $3 million of the 2019 total is in one-time costs, and the county plans to rebuild its reserve fund throughout its six-year EMS levy

• Miss., Mo. senators seek answers on air ambulance billing

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  Sen. Roger Wicker and Sen. Claire McCaskill sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao outlining concerns over possible consumer abuses

• Ill. bill aims to ensure Medicare funding for ambulance services

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  Under the current law, ground ambulance providers face a 23 percent cut in reimbursement for ESRD ambulance transports if the patient is a Medicare beneficiary

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  US senator pushes Opioid Crisis Response Act

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  The bill would expand a naloxone grant program, authorize a grant to teach post-overdose treatment and authorize funding for technology to screen for deadly drugs

• Ill. governor vetoes expanded benefits for EMS providers

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  Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the passed measures which would have expanded benefits for paramedics and EMTs by defining them as firefighters

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  NJ students stress need for stricter CPR requirements

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  A student-run nonprofit is pushing for a law that requires minors provide proof of CPR training before sitting for a driver’s license test

• DHS offers $1.8M grant to train high schoolers for MCIs

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  The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant

• Seattle officials pushing for better EMT wages

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  City council declared EMTs deserve more money in a resolution that calls on Mayor Jenny Durkan's administration to raise EMT wages and benefits

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  NM city officials vote to increase paramedic wages

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  The funding, which totals $379,000, covers an 8 percent pay differential between regular firefighters and paramedics negotiated between the city and the union

• Baltimore nixes property tax break for first responders

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  Officials said the break would have resulted in a revenue reduction of $5.3 million per year when fully phased-in

• Volunteer first responders would be covered under proposed Pa. workers’ comp bill

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  Volunteer fire and emergency services personnel are exposed to the same dangers as members of paid companies, and they certainly deserve the same protections under the law

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