AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- A new $50 billion federal program is giving states the chance to share and develop new strategies to transform rural healthcare across the country. Emergency medical service providers in rural Texas counties have some ideas to help address unique challenges they face everyday.

The new program, called the Rural Health Transformation program, was created by the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill that Congress passed this summer. All 50 states have been asked to apply for a share of the $50 billion program to help address each state's rural health challenges.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) is working on the state's application to the federal government, and has asked different stakeholders to submit ideas and concepts on what they think shoul

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