Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act

Bill: 113-s-1060
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-05-23
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care

First responders and emergency personnel

Health care coverage and access

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Rural conditions and development

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the grant program to improve emergency medical services in rural areas to include as a permissible use of grant funds the provision to military veterans of required coursework and training to enable them to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements. Requires such coursework and training to take into account, and not be duplicative of, previous medical coursework and training received by such veterans in the Armed Forces.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1060 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23, 2013 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Enzi ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for military veterans.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act . 2. Grants for Emergency Medical Services Personnel Training for Veterans Section 330J(c) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–15(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (9) provide to military veterans required coursework and training that take into account, and are not duplicative of, previous medical coursework and training received when such veterans were active members of the Armed Forces, to enable such veterans to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements, as determined by the appropriate State regulatory entity. .