Assisting veterans with military emergency medical training to meet requirements for becoming civilian emergency medical technicians

(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:

315.

Assisting veterans with military emergency medical training to meet requirements for becoming civilian emergency medical technicians

(a)

Program

The Secretary shall establish a program consisting of awarding demonstration grants to States to streamline State requirements and procedures in order to assist veterans who completed military emergency medical technician training while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States to meet certification, licensure, and other requirements applicable to becoming an emergency medical technician in the State. (b)

Use of funds

Amounts received as a demonstration grant under this section shall be used to prepare and implement a plan to streamline State requirements and procedures as described in subsection (a), including by— (1)determining the extent to which the requirements for the education, training, and skill level of emergency medical technicians in the State are equivalent to requirements for the education, training, and skill level of military emergency medical technicians; and (2)identifying methods, such as waivers, for military emergency medical technicians to forego or meet any such equivalent State requirements. (c)

Eligibility

To be eligible for a grant under this section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has a shortage of emergency medical technicians. (d)

Report

The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the program under this section. (e)

Funding

Of the amount authorized by section 751(j)(1) to be appropriated to carry out section 751 for fiscal year 2014, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.

(b)

Conforming Amendment

Section 751(j)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294a(j)(1)) is amended by striking There is authorized to be appropriated and inserting Subject to section 315(e), there is authorized to be appropriated.