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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8105 

To improve the ability of veterans with medical training to assist the United 

States in response to national emergencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 25, 2020 

Mr. LAMB (for himself, Mr. DUNN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. TRONE, and Miss 

GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 

A BILL 

To improve the ability of veterans with medical training 

to assist the United States in response to national emergencies, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Supporting Education 

5 Recognition for Veterans during Emergencies Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘SERVE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) DEPARTMENT; SECRETARY; VETERAN.—The 

2 terms ‘‘Department’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘veteran’’ 

3 have the meanings given those terms in section 101 

4 of title 38, United States Code. 

5 (2) VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATION.—The 

6 term ‘‘veterans service organization’’ means an orga7 nization that provides services to veterans, including 

8 organizations recognized by the Secretary of Vet9 erans Affairs under section 5902 of title 38, United 

10 States Code. 

11 SEC. 3. UPDATE OF WEB PORTAL TO IDENTIFY VETERANS 

12 WHO HAD MEDICAL OCCUPATIONS AS MEM13 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall update exist15 ing web portals of the Department to allow the identifica16 tion of veterans who had a medical occupation as a mem17 ber of the Armed Forces. 

18 (b) INFORMATION IN PORTAL.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—An update to a portal under 

20 subsection (a) shall allow a veteran to elect to pro21 vide the following information: 

22 (A) Contact information for the veteran. 

23 (B) A history of the medical experience 

24 and trained competencies of the veteran. 


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1 (2) INCLUSIONS IN HISTORY.—To the extent 

2 practicable, histories provided under paragraph 

3 (1)(B) shall include individual critical task lists spe4 cific to military occupational specialties that align 

5 with existing standard occupational codes main6 tained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

7 SEC. 4. PROGRAM ON PROVISION TO STATES OF INFORMA8 TION ON VETERANS WITH MEDICAL SKILLS 

9 OBTAINED DURING SERVICE IN THE ARMED 

10 FORCES. 

11 For purposes of facilitating civilian medical creden12 tialing and hiring opportunities for veterans seeking to re13 spond to a national emergency, including a public health 

14 emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health 

16 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary, in coordina17 tion with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 

18 Labor, shall establish a program to share information 

19 specified in section 3(b) with the following: 

20 (1) State departments of veterans affairs. 

21 (2) Veterans service organizations. 

22 (3) State credentialing bodies. 

23 (4) Other stakeholders involved in State-level 

24 credentialing, as determined appropriate by the Sec25 retary. 


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1 SEC. 5. PROGRAM ON TRAINING OF INTERMEDIATE CARE 

2 TECHNICIANS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET3 ERANS AFFAIRS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall imple5 ment a program to train and certify covered veterans to 

6 work as intermediate care technicians of the Department. 

7 (b) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary may place an inter8 mediate care technician trained and certified under the 

9 program under subsection (a) at any medical center of the 

10 Department, giving priority to a location with a significant 

11 staffing shortage. 

12 (c) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN TRANSITION AS13 SISTANCE PROGRAM.—As part of the Transition Assist14 ance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, 

15 United States Code, the Secretary shall prepare a commu16 nications campaign to convey opportunities for training, 

17 certification, and employment under the program under 

18 subsection (a) to appropriate members of the Armed 

19 Forces separating from active duty. 

20 (d) REPORT ON EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.—Not 

21 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 

23 on whether the program under this section could be rep24 licated for other medical positions within the Department. 

25 (e) COVERED VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, 

26 the term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran whom the 


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1 Secretary determines served as a basic health care techni2 cian while serving in the Armed Forces. 

3 SEC. 6. NOTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR VETERANS. 

4 The Secretary shall notify veterans service organiza5 tions and, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 

6 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 

7 of opportunities for veterans under this Act. 

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