Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding Paramedic Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program.

Summary

The bill would allocate $800,000 from the state General Fund to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, acting as fiscal agent for the Office of Workforce Development, to support the Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program for the 2027 fiscal year. It is intended to help recruit and retain paramedics by providing scholarships. The measure failed, dying in committee.

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