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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 235 

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 

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. 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 

2 MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET REQUIRE3 MENTS FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN EMER4 GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 

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

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

7 by inserting after section 314 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMER9 GENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET RE10 QUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN 

11 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 

12 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro13 gram consisting of awarding demonstration grants to 

14 States to streamline State requirements and procedures 

15 in order to assist veterans who completed military emer16 gency medical technician training while serving in the 

17 Armed Forces of the United States to meet certification, 

18 licensure, and other requirements applicable to becoming 

19 an emergency medical technician in the State. 

20 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a dem21 onstration grant under this section shall be used to pre22 pare and implement a plan to streamline State require23 ments and procedures as described in subsection (a), in24 cluding by— 

25 ‘‘(1) determining the extent to which the re26 quirements for the education, training, and skill level 


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1 of emergency medical technicians in the State are 

2 equivalent to requirements for the education, train3 ing, and skill level of military emergency medical 

4 technicians; and 

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

6 military emergency medical technicians to forego or 

7 meet any such equivalent State requirements. 

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

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

10 a shortage of emergency medical technicians. 

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

12 Congress an annual report on the program under this sec13 tion. 

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

15 751(j)(1) to be appropriated to carry out section 751 for 

16 fiscal year 2014, there is authorized to be appropriated 

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

18 years 2014 through 2018.’’. 

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

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

21 is amended by striking ‘‘There is authorized to be appro22 priated’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to section 315(e), there 

23 is authorized to be appropriated’’. 

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