[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3884 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3884

   To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to State 
  emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited 
training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2012

   Mrs. Capps (for herself and Mr. Young of Indiana) 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 provide grants to State 
  emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited 
training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Emergency Medic Transition Act of 
2012'' or the ``EMT Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO 
              BECOME STATE-LICENSED OR CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
              TECHNICIANS (EMTS).

    (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:

``SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRAINING 
              TO BECOME STATE-LICENSED OR CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
              TECHNICIANS (EMTS).

    ``(a) Program.--The Secretary shall establish a program consisting 
of awarding grants to States to assist veterans who received and 
completed military emergency medical training while serving in the 
Armed Forces of the United States to become, upon their discharge or 
release from active duty service, State-licensed or certified emergency 
medical technicians.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Amounts received as a grant under this section 
may be used to assist veterans described in subsection (a) to become 
State-licensed or certified emergency medical technicians as follows:
            ``(1) Providing to such veterans required course work and 
        training that take into account, and are not duplicative of, 
        medical course work and training received when such veterans 
        were active members of the Armed Forces of the United States, 
        to enable such veterans to satisfy emergency medical services 
        personnel certification requirements in the civilian sector, as 
        determined by the appropriate State regulatory entity.
            ``(2) Providing reimbursement for costs associated with--
                    ``(A) such course work and training; or
                    ``(B) applying for licensure or certification.
            ``(3) Expediting the licensing or certification process.
            ``(4) Entering into an agreement with any institution of 
        higher education, or other educational institution certified to 
        provide course work and training to emergency medical 
        personnel, for purposes of providing course work and training 
        under this section if such institution has developed a suitable 
        curriculum that meets the requirements of paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, 
a State shall demonstrate to the Secretary's satisfaction 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) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section, 
there are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017.''.
    (b) GAO Study and Report.--The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall--
            (1) conduct a study on the barriers experienced by veterans 
        who received training as medical personnel while serving in the 
        Armed Forces of the United States and, upon their discharge or 
        release from active duty service, seek to become licensed or 
        certified in a State as civilian health professionals; and
            (2) not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, submit to the Congress a report on the results of 
        such study, including recommendations on whether the program 
        established under section 315 of the Public Health Service Act, 
        as added by subsection (a), should be expanded to assist 
        veterans seeking to become licensed or certified in a State as 
        health providers other than emergency medical technicians.
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