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North Dakota lawmakers are advancing a bill to provide more funding for rural ambulance services.
The measure, Senate Bill 2033, would allow rural ambulance services to be classified as ‘distressed’ if they are failing to consistently respond to requests for service, or indicate their intention to cease operations within 60 days.
Adam Parker, co-chair of the Emergency Medical Association, testified in support of the bill at a Wednesday hearing. Parker said that as many as 25 of the 103 ambulance services in the state are in danger of failing within five years.
The bill would provide avenues for the state to provide extra personnel or more funding to those areas where service becomes distressed.
The bill has a prominent supporter, Speaker of the State House Robin Weisz, who said he is very supportive of this bill.
There was no noted opposition to the bill.
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