Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-5971
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-24
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care

Employee benefits and pensions

First responders and emergency personnel
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the requirements for a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew to qualify as a public safety officer for purposes of death benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.</p> <p>Specifically, it removes the requirement that an individual member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew be part of a public agency or nonprofit entity that actually engages in rescue activity or provides emergency medical services to qualify as public safety officers. Instead, the bill requires an individual member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew be part of a public agency or nonprofit entity that is officially designated as a pre-hospital emergency medical response agency.</p> <p>The bill permanently rescinds specified unobligated amounts in the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5971 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 2018 Mr. Zeldin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act . 2. Eligibility Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796b ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (7)(B)(ii), by striking engages in rescue activities or provides emergency medical services as part of an official emergency response system; and inserting is officially designated as a pre-hospital emergency medical response agency; ; and (2) in paragraph (9), by inserting after and by the applicable agency or entity the following: (and as designated by such agency or entity) . 3. Offset Of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $12,000,000 are permanently cancelled. 4. Effective date The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only to injuries sustained on or after March 1, 2007, and shall take effect beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Any person who had made an application under part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and whose application was denied by reason of the date an injury was sustained may reapply. 5. Conforming amendment Section 1086(d)(2)(A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ) is amended by striking June 1, 2009 and inserting March 25, 2007 .