On February 29, 2024, Legislative Director Kevin Kinnally testified before the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee in support of SB 1092- Vehicle Registration- Emergency Medical System Surcharge- Increase and Distribution of Funds with amendments. This bill increases the motor vehicle registration emergency medical system surcharge to $40 per year.
Today, when Marylanders dial 9-1-1, there is an expectation that first responders will arrive within a matter of minutes and instantaneously deliver care. Marylanders have rightfully grown to rely on this service as it has become a core pillar of a functioning society. However, that pillar is eroding and in more and more pockets of the state, emergency response times are starting to creep up. No one is more cognizant, or more concerned with this growing trend, than Maryland's 24 counties.
From MACo Testimony:
Counties request that, through amendments to SB 1092, an additional $2.00 be added to the motor vehicle surcharge and reserved specifically for the recruitment and retention incentives outlined in HB 899/SB 692, the Commission's programmatic recommendations.
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