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Union Calendar No. 3 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 235 

[Report No. 113–5] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to 

streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military 

emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 14, 2013 

Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois (for himself and Mrs. CAPPS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

FEBRUARY 4, 2013 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. WAXMAN, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 

YODER, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. HANNA, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, 

Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. RAHALL, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of 

Illinois 

FEBRUARY 4, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants 

to States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Emergency 

5 Medical Technician Support Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 

7 MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET REQUIRE8 MENTS FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN EMER9 GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title III of the Public 

11 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended 

12 by inserting after section 314 the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMER14 GENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET RE15 QUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN 

16 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 

17 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro18 gram consisting of awarding demonstration grants to 

19 States to streamline State requirements and procedures 

20 in order to assist veterans who completed military emer21 gency medical technician training while serving in the 

22 Armed Forces of the United States to meet certification, 

23 licensure, and other requirements applicable to becoming 

24 an emergency medical technician in the State. 


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1 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a dem2 onstration grant under this section shall be used to pre3 pare and implement a plan to streamline State require4 ments and procedures as described in subsection (a), in5 cluding by— 

6 ‘‘(1) determining the extent to which the re7 quirements for the education, training, and skill level 

8 of emergency medical technicians in the State are 

9 equivalent to requirements for the education, train10 ing, and skill level of military emergency medical 

11 technicians; and 

12 ‘‘(2) identifying methods, such as waivers, for 

13 military emergency medical technicians to forego or 

14 meet any such equivalent State requirements. 

15 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 

16 this section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has 

17 a shortage of emergency medical technicians. 

18 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 

19 Congress an annual report on the program under this sec20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized by section 

22 751(j)(1) to be appropriated to carry out section 751 for 

23 fiscal year 2014, there is authorized to be appropriated 

24 to carry out this section $1,000,000 for the period of fiscal 

25 years 2014 through 2018.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 751(j)(1) 

2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294a(j)(1)) 

3 is amended by striking ‘‘There is authorized to be appro4 priated’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to section 315(e), there 

5 is authorized to be appropriated’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 3 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 235 

[Report No. 113–5] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 

gency medical technicians. gency medical training to become civilian emerand procedures for veterans with military emergrants to States to streamline State requirements 

FEBRUARY 4, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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