HR 6011

110th CONGRESS
2d Session

H. R. 6011

To amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for military veterans.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 8, 2008

Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN (for herself and Mr. MORAN of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for military veterans.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act'.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL TRAINING FOR VETERANS.

Section 330J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-15) is amended--

(1) in subsection (b)(1)--

(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking `or' at the end;

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and

(C) by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following:

`(F) an entity providing training for emergency medical services personnel, including institutions of higher education, technical colleges, community colleges, and other State-certified training entities; or'; and

(2) in subsection (c)--

(A) in paragraph (7), by striking `and' at the end;

(B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting `; and'; and

(C) 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.'.

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