TEMSA’s 2025 Priorities & Results

Texas communities rely on their local EMS agency to deliver life-saving care.

View TEMSA’s 2025 legislative priorities to help Texas EMS agencies deliver 24/7 life-saving care.

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Telling Our Story: EMS in Texas

Rep. Tom Oliverson, MD, provided the keynote address at EMS EVOLUTION 2025 and explained why it’s important to engage at the Texas Capitol.

Whole Blood: Life-Saving Innovation for Texans

The nation’s first regional prehospital whole blood programs can be found in a large region of Texas anchored by San Antonio. The cooperative whole blood programs have created remarkable results for patients and represent one of the most important clinical developments for prehospital care in decades.

Learn more about whole blood in Texas.

Results for Texans: Protecting Patients From Out-of-Network Surprises

All stakeholders, including EMS agencies and health plans, came together in the 2023 Texas Legislature to create the nation’s model out-of-network reimbursement plan for ground ambulance.

Learn more about the importance of passing SB 916 in the 2025 Texas Legislature.

Learn more about the new 2025 law, SB 916.

Results for Texans: Building the EMS Workforce in Texas

Texas EMS agencies were facing a workforce crisis following Covid-19, and TEMSA members gathered at EMS EVOLUTION 2021 to make a recommendation to the Texas Legislature to fund a new EMS education and workforce retention program.

The 2021 Texas Legislature’s special session responded by passing funding to create the EMS education program. Several thousand Texans were trained as new EMS professionals as a result of the program.

Learn more about the importance of continued funding from the Texas Legislature to build the EMS workforce in Texas.

Rural Ambulance Grants

The 2025 Texas Legislature appropriated funding for rural EMS agencies to purchase ambulances through grants.