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Senate Committee Backs Task Force to Examine Emergency Medical Services Crisis

South Dakota lawmakers passed bills to improve ambulance staffing despite removing the essential service status, amid ongoing workforce shortages and funding challenges.

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The Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved a bill Monday to form a task force on emergency medical services funding.

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South Dakota lawmakers not ready to call emergency medical services ‘essential’

State Senate panel creates task force to study ambulance funding

·Fairfield, United States
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Senate committee backs task force to examine emergency medical services crisis

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved a bill Monday to form a task force on emergency medical services funding.

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SD Lawmakers Not Ready To Call Emergency Medical Services ‘Essential’

South Dakota doesn’t recognize emergency medical services as essential under state law, and that wouldn’t change under an ambulance bill passed Monday by a state Senate panel.

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KOTA broke the news in on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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