3.0.0 412 2022-11-01T15:47:44Z 2022-11-01T15:47:44Z Senate S 2019-02-07 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-07T21:31:36Z 2019-02-07 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-02-07 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2019-02-07 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-02-07 True Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Child health Department of Homeland Security Emergency medical services and trauma care Foreign language and bilingual programs Health technology, devices, supplies Latin America Law enforcement officers Medical education Mexico Immigration 00 2019-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2019-10-04T18:22:00Z Remote, Emergency, Medical, Online Training, Telehealth, and EMT Act or the REMOTE Act

This bill directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to make emergency medical technician (EMT) and paramedic training available to selected border patrol agents along the southern border. Agents that complete the training or already have EMT or paramedic certifications shall receive specified pay increases.

The bill imposes requirements related to (1) the percentage of agents with EMT or paramedic training assigned in each sector, and (2) minimum levels of various medical supplies in each sector.

CBP shall require all border patrol agents and officers to complete online training on how to (1) identify common signs of medical distress in children, and (2) timely transfer sick children to medical care.

CBP shall ensure that all remote stations, forward operating bases, and remote ports of entry on the southern border have (1) voice access to a medical command physician, and (2) access to language interpretation services.

]]> REMOTE Act Display Title REMOTE Act Short Title(s) as Introduced REMOTE Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Remote, Emergency, Medical, Online Training, Telehealth, and EMT Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide a pay incentive for border patrol agents to complete emergency medical technician and paramedic training, to ensure that language interpretation services are available at all U.S. Border Patrol stations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s412is/xml/BILLS-116s412is.xml 2019-02-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.