By Leila Merrill
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bill to provide $25 million in grants to EMS agencies in Pennsylvania passed in the state House on Monday and is designed to make up for the effects of COVID-19, WHTM reported.
The measure goes next to the Senate, and if it passes there would go to the governor.
“Our EMS teams, especially in rural Pennsylvania, have been crucial in responding to this pandemic and remain a necessary part of the arsenal needed to provide emergency services to Pennsylvania communities,” said House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin). “Making this significant amount of funding available is essential to ensuring these critical organizations can survive during these extremely trying times and be positioned to remain sustainable into the future.”