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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1818 

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 

APRIL 15, 2015 

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 2015’’. 


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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 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec7 tion 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.—No additional funds are authorized 

15 to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this 

16 section. This section shall be carried out using amounts 

17 otherwise available for such purpose.’’. 

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