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Last action · February 4, 2025

To Postsecondary Education (H)

Introduced January 8, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB149

AN ACT relating to paramedic education.

Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA); define terms; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal county paramedic scholarships.

Education, Finance Education, Higher State Agencies Taxation, Severance Universities and Colleges Budget and Financial Administration

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This bill would create a scholarship program specifically for people studying to become paramedics in Kentucky's coal counties. The scholarships would be managed by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and funded through a dedicated state fund. It aims to help address emergency medical service needs in coal-producing regions of the state. Who it may affect: residents of coal counties pursuing paramedic training, and communities in those areas that rely on emergency medical services.

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