Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-124yy: Paramedic certificate program financial aid and evaluation.

(a) Not later than October 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the Office of Workforce Strategy shall (1) identify several public or private sources of financial aid that are available to students in each paramedic certificate program approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, (2) post a list of such financial aid sources on its Internet web site, and (3) distribute such list to each such paramedic certificate program for distribution to its students.

(b) Not later than September 1, 2025, the Chief Workforce Officer shall evaluate paramedic certificate programs approved by the Commissioner of Public Health to qualify such programs as high-value certificate programs, as defined in section 10a-223. If the Chief Workforce Officer determines that such paramedic certificate programs are high-value certificate programs, students enrolled in such paramedic certificate programs who are eligible to receive education loans, as defined in section 10a-223, may receive authority loans, as defined in section 10a-223.