Davis Highlights Health Care Workforce Legislation
Davis Highlights Health Care Workforce Legislation
Davis Visits Superior Ambulance to Discuss Health Care Workforce Legislation, Receive Award for Advocacy on Behalf of Emergency Medical Services
CHICAGO – U.S. Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) visited Superior Ambulance Service to discuss H.R. 4783, the Pathways to Careers Act, and legislation to modernize health profession training programs. Davis also received an award from the American Ambulance Association for his efforts to strengthen and improve the emergency medical services (EMS) workforce.
"Strengthening and modernizing the Health Profession Opportunity Grant program will connect a new generation of workers with career pathways to in-demand health care jobs while addressing barriers to employment that too often prevent the full potential of our workforce - especially women and people of color - from being realized,” said Rep. Danny K. Davis. “Paramedics and EMTs are on the front line of our health care system, and this legislation will help expand economic opportunity for working families across America, including in the EMS workforce."
“Representative Danny K. Davis has been a tireless advocate for not only improving our health care system but also providing pathways for opportunities for men and woman who want to enter a career in healthcare, those folks that are the backbone of the health care system.” said Kim Godden, Government Affairs Chair for the American Ambulance Association.
H.R. 4783, the Pathways to Careers Act, will allow low-income individuals to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions. Nationally and in Illinois, the number of licensed emergency medical technicians (EMT) has dropped drastically since the pandemic. Legislation like H.R. 4783 will reauthorize and modernize the Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG), which provides grant funding for education and training in careers like EMTs. The American Ambulance Association (AAA) is a national trade association for the EMS industry and has chosen Davis to receive their 2023 award for helping improve training and workforce opportunities in the EMS industry.
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