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Union Calendar No. 353 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3199 
[Report No. 111–608] 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State emergency 
medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and 
licensing of veterans with prior medical training, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2009 
Ms. HARMAN (for herself, Ms. BEAN, and Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Mr. NYE, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. 
MCNERNEY 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[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 July 14, 2009] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants 
to State emergency medical service departments to pro-
vide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans 
with prior medical training, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Emergency Medic Tran-
sition Act of 2010’’ or the ‘‘EMT Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL TRAINING TO BECOME STATE-LI-
CENSED OR CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
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 med-
ical 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 
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in subsection (a) to become State-licensed or certified emer-
gency 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 
the Armed Forces of the United States, to enable such 
veterans to satisfy emergency medical services per-
sonnel certification requirements in the civilian sec-
tor, 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 insti-
tution certified to provide course work and training 
to emergency medical personnel, for purposes of pro-
viding course work and training under this section if 
such institution has developed a suitable curriculum 
that meets the requirements of paragraph (1). 
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‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State shall demonstrate to the Secretary’s sat-
isfaction 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) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral 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 report 
on the results of such study, including recommenda-
tions on whether the program established under sec-
tion 315 of the Public Health Service Act, as added 
by subsection (a), should be expanded to assist vet-
erans seeking to become licensed or certified in a 
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State as health providers other than emergency med-
ical technicians. 
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Union Calendar No. 353 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3199 
[Report No. 111–608] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
grants to State emergency medical service de-
partments to provide for the expedited training 
and licensing of veterans with prior medical 
training, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
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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