Dear friends and neighbors, Whether you find yourself in an unexpected emergency or in need of healthcare, you want to be able to get the help you need – and two bills that were recently signed into law will help ensure that. SB 5940 will sustain access to a broad range of medical care in rural areas by allowing local hospitals to hire highly trained, volunteer emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to provide care. I sponsored this bill to address two important concerns in rural communities – the ability of area hospitals to maintain a highly skilled workforce, and the availability of good-paying jobs for local folks who don’t want to have to move away from their communities to find work. Aging boomers ...