Helping first responders, especially in rural areas of South Dakota, cope with the stresses of the job is the focus of a bill that came out of a summer study committee.
Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton says the bill has bipartisan support…
Cwach says there is a lack of peer support mental health services in rural areas…
Cwach says the summer study found that many of the rural volunteers are leaving or aging out…
The bill (HB1064) passed out of the House Appropriations committee and will next be heard on the House floor.
