SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL TRAINING TO BECOME STATE-LI-
CENSED OR CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MED-
ICAL TECHNICIANS (EMTS). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 
BECOME 
STATE-LICENSED OR CERTIFIED EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (EMTS). 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro-
gram consisting of awarding grants to States to assist vet-
erans who received and completed military emergency 
medical training while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
United States to become, upon their discharge or release 
from active duty service, State-licensed or certified emer-
gency medical technicians. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a grant 
under this section may be used to assist veterans described 
in subsection (a) to become State-licensed or certified 
emergency medical technicians as follows: 
‘‘(1) Providing to such veterans required course 
work and training that take into account, and are 
not duplicative of, medical course work and training 
received when such veterans were active members of 
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the Armed Forces of the United States, to enable 
such veterans to satisfy emergency medical services 
personnel certification requirements in the civilian 
sector, as determined by the appropriate State regu-
latory entity. 
‘‘(2) Providing reimbursement for costs associ-
ated with— 
‘‘(A) such course work and training; or 
‘‘(B) applying for licensure or certification. 
‘‘(3) Expediting the licensing or certification 
process. 
‘‘(4) Entering into an agreement with any insti-
tution of higher education, or other educational in-
stitution certified to provide course work and train-
ing to emergency medical personnel, for purposes of 
providing course work and training under this sec-
tion if such institution has developed a suitable cur-
riculum that meets the requirements of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State shall demonstrate to the Secretary’s 
satisfaction that the State has a shortage of emergency 
medical technicians. 
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‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress an annual report on the program under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2017.’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a study on the barriers experienced 
by veterans who received training as medical per-
sonnel while serving in the Armed Forces of the 
United States and, upon their discharge or release 
from active duty service, seek to become licensed or 
certified in a State as civilian health professionals; 
and 
(2) not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Congress a re-
port on the results of such study, including rec-
ommendations on whether the program established 
under section 315 of the Public Health Service Act, 
as added by subsection (a), should be expanded to 
assist veterans seeking to become licensed or cer-
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tified in a State as health providers other than emer-
gency medical technicians. 
Æ 
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