Legislation and Funding
Legislation and funding issues always affect EMS budgets and operations. Use this topic to find out how the latest economic news is affecting EMS.
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Looking to history – and a friendship between key players – to determine if increased funding opportunities are on the horizon
Spokane Mayor David Condon vetoed an ordinance that would stop a countywide 911 integration by requiring dispatchers to only work with city police and firefighters
The decision was contrary to the recommendation of an independent public hearing officer, who said the city had a “reasonable need” for another service
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health was awarded up to $2.3 million to deliver trauma training to high school students
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The improvements come after Oneida County experienced several issues, such as when mice chewed through phone lines, causing Verizon customers not to be able to contact 911
Why it is time to do away with different rules for different providers under the Firefighter Bill of Rights
London city residents rejected a bid to cut their ties to the Madison County Emergency Medical District and create London’s first-ever city-operated EMS service
Act 103 of 2018 requires insurance companies and Medicaid to reimburse EMS agencies for calls where the EMS provider treated the patient without transport
The ballot measure, which requires private sector EMTs and paramedics to remain on-call during meal and rest breaks, was ahead by a double digit margin
Around 500 first responders in Philadelphia will be working on Election Day, and are not eligible for absentee ballots
Doctors are no longer allowed to prescribe more than 14 days’ worth of opioids, and they must first look for alternatives
If approved, Issue 39 would generate about $1.93 million annually to help fund the township’s part of the Miami Valley Fire District
The bill would include psychological injury as a condition that must be covered by Idaho’s Workers’ Compensation law for first responders
Reading Fire Department Chief William Stoudt said a lot of the costs are associated with an inability to recruit and keep paramedics
Donald Horner had an expired EMT certification and he allegedly altered reports on 27 occasions to conceal that fact when he served as a crew member
First responders often feel underappreciated in the public sector
The organization released a statement saying they disagree with IAFF’s belief that the method is inappropriate for the leaders they represent
The organization is asking fire service leaders not to sign on to the American Ambulance Association’s newly proposed cost reporting system
The new ordinance would require building owners to put an automated external defibrillator in high-occupancy places
Hillsborough County’s Opioid Task Force is proposing a $13.7 million fix to tackle the epidemic, which it says will lower the number of victims
Government grants often mean long waiting periods with your application pending
Funding for certain Centre LifeLink EMS personnel to receive weapons training hasn’t even been approved yet, but the proposal is causing controversy
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
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
The report said nationwide Next Generation 911 implementation will cost between $9.5 billion and $12.7 billion over 10 years
Proposition 11 would require these paramedics and EMTs to be on-call for their full shifts as they have for years
A bipartisan group is asking their counterparts in Congress to permanently fund the program designed to help responders and other victims of the attacks
Officials said that since residents in the unincorporated areas they are responding to don’t contribute to the EMS system, other taxpayers are bearing the burden
Lexington has received a $2 million federal grant to buy more overdose reversal kits and hire an overdose prevention coordinator
The funding package, announced Friday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, consists of two $11 million grants, to be dispersed over two years
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