https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/09/you-might-need-an-ambulance-but-your-state-might-not-see-it-as-essential/
EMS professionals have been advocating for essential designation and more sustainable funding “for longer than I’ve been around — longer than I’ve been a paramedic,” said Mark McCulloch, 42, who is deputy chief of emergency medical services for West Des Moines, Iowa, and who has been a paramedic for more than two decades. Currently, 13 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws designating or allowing local governments to deem EMS as an essential service, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, a think tank that has been tracking legislation around the issue. Those include Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. And at least two states — Massachusetts and New York — have pending legislation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to massfire+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKa1jXTpOiZWs-MqgP-2NNyUxyJfFBTDO4kMRYxycsQL%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
