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Passed House

Passed Senate

Became law

Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 7, 2025

To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (H)

Introduced February 5, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB343

AN ACT relating to emergency medical services.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to create the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund; specify the ambulance services and EMS professionals that are eligible to share in the distribution of the fund; provide that the Board of Emergency Medical Services shall administer the fund and may promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate its administration; authorize reimbursement for an EMS professional's out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment for a diagnosed post-traumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress…

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This bill would create a new fund called the EMS Professionals Foundation Program to provide financial support for emergency medical services workers in Kentucky. The fund would help cover out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment related to post-traumatic stress, provide annual payment supplements to ambulance services for each EMS professional they employ, and extend line-of-duty death benefits to certain ambulance service providers. The fund would be supported through an existing insurance premium surcharge and administered…

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