An Act To Allow Former Military Medical Personnel To Perform Certain Medical Services
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1327
Committee Amendment CA_A_H581 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ftr'__to H.P. 921, L.D. 1327, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow Former Military Medical Personnel To Perform Certain Medical Services" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Expedite Health Care Employment for Military Veterans' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
1Sec. 1. 26 MRSA c. 29 is enacted to read: 
CHAPTER29 
HEALTH CARE EMPLOYMENT FOR MILITARY VETERANS 
§2131., Definitions 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms 
have the following meanings. 
1. Apprentice. 
11Apprentice
has the same meaning as in section 3201, subsection 1. 
2. Department. 
11Department
means the Department of Labor. 
3. Eligible veteran. 
11Eligible veteran
means: 
A. A person who currently serves in the United States Armed Forces, the National 
Guard of any state or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces and who has 
obtained health care-related military training or experience; or 
B. 
A person who was discharged or released under conditions other than 
dishonorable and who has completed health care-related military training or 
experience in the United States Armed Forces. the National Guard of any state or the 
Reserves of the United States Armed Forces. 
4. 
National certification. 
11National certification
means a credential from a 
national organization or national board that evaluates the qualifications and competency 
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of individuals to practice in a specific occupation and includes but is not limited to a 
credential issued following passage of an examination administered by the organization 
or board. 
5. Program. "Program" means the Health Care Employment for Military Veterans 
Program established in section 2132. 
§2132. Health Care Employment for Military Veterans Program 
1. Establishment; purpose. The department shall, using existing resources and 
available grant funding, establish and implement in accordance with this section the 
Health Care Employment for Military Veterans Program to assist eligible veterans who 
desire to obtain employment in civilian health care occupations in the State. 
2. Evaluation of military health care occupational specialties. The department, in 
implementing the program, shall create a document, referred to in this subsection as 
11the 
military-to-civilian crosswalk," that describes the military training and experience that 
members of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard of any state or the 
Reserves of the United States Armed Forces are required to complete to engage in various 
military health care occupational specialties and compares that required military training 
and experience with the education and training requirements for equivalent or similar 
civilian health care occupations in this State. The military-to-civilian crosswalk must 
include information to assist eligible veterans, occupational licensing boards and 
postsecondary education institutions in the State in determining: 
A. The gaps that exist between the military training and experience obtained by 
individuals who served in specific military health care occupational specialties and 
the education and experience required to obtain national certification in equivalent or 
similar civilian health care occupations; and 
B. The gaps that exist between the military training and experience obtained by 
individuals who served in specific military health care occupational specialties and 
the education and experience required to obtain any required licensure or certification 
to perform an equivalent or similar civilian health care occupation in this State. 
3. Direct assistance to eligible veterans. The department, in implementing the 
program, shall provide direct assistance to eligible veterans. The department shall: 
A. Assist eligible veterans in compiling comprehensive portfolios of their military 
training and experience; 
B. Collaborate with postsecondary education institutions in the State to assist eligible 
veterans in receiving academic credit for experience, education and training the 
eligible veterans obtained during military service; and 
C. 
Advocate for eligible veterans who request assistance in enrolling in 
postsecondary education programs in the State or in securing employment in a health 
care occupation in the State. 
4. Coordination with the Maine Apprenticeship Program. The department shall 
ensure collaboration between the program and the Maine Apprenticeship Program, 
established in section 3202, to recruit employers in the State to sponsor eligible veterans 
to serve as apprentices in health care occupations. 
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5. Priority. If the number of eligible veterans seeking assistance from the program 
exceeds the capacity of the program, the program shall give priority to eligible veterans 
who were discharged or released from military service no longer than 2 years prior to 
seeking assistance.' 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill. The amendment establishes the Health 
Care Employment for Military Veterans Program within the Department of Labor and 
charges the program with creating a "military-to-civilian crosswalk" that compares the 
military training and experience obtained by individuals who have served in specific 
military health care occupational specialties and the education and experience required to 
obtain national certification or state licensure or certification in equivalent or similar 
civilian health care occupations. The program is also charged with providing direct 
assistance to eligible veterans who seek to enroll in postsecondary education institutions 
and obtain academic credit for their military training and experience as well as eligible 
veterans who seek to secure an apprenticeship or employment in a health care occupation 
in the State. The department is required to operate the program using existing resources 
or available grant funding and, to the extent resources are limited, the program is required 
to give priority to eligible veterans who were discharged or released from military service 
no longer than 2 years prior to seeking assistance. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 01/24/18 feac.. 
LD 1327 
LR289(02) 
An Act To Allow Former Military Medical Personnel To Perform Certain Medical Services 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment {,l(!f-5BI) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Labor to implement the requirements of this legislation can be absorbed within 
existing budgeted resources. 
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