MAY 10, 2016 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 15, 2015] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants 
to States to streamline State requirements and proce-
dures for veterans with military emergency medical train-
ing to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Emergency Med-
ical Technician Support Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS 
FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN EMERGENCY MED-
ICAL TECHNICIANS. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
314 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET RE-
QUIREMENTS 
FOR 
BECOMING 
CIVILIAN 
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro-
gram consisting of awarding demonstration grants to 
States to streamline State requirements and procedures in 
order to assist veterans who completed military emergency 
medical technician training while serving in the Armed 
Forces of the United States to meet certification, licensure, 
and other requirements applicable to becoming an emer-
gency medical technician in the State. 
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a dem-
onstration grant under this section shall be used to prepare 
and implement a plan to streamline State requirements 
and procedures as described in subsection (a), including 
by— 
‘‘(1) determining the extent to which the require-
ments for the education, training, and skill level of 
emergency medical technicians in the State are equiv-
alent to requirements for the education, training, and 
skill level of military emergency medical technicians; 
and 
‘‘(2) identifying methods, such as waivers, for 
military emergency medical technicians to forgo or 
meet any such equivalent State requirements. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has 
a shortage of emergency medical technicians. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Con-
gress an annual report on the program under this section. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized to 
be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this section. 
This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 426 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1818 
[Report No. 114–552] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
grants to States to streamline State requirements 
and procedures for veterans with military emer-
gency medical training to become civilian emer-
gency medical technicians. 
MAY 10, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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