[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 218 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 218

    To facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and 
                certification curriculums for veterans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2015

Mr. Enzi (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and 
                certification curriculums for 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 of 2015''.

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

    Section 330J(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
15(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) furnish coursework and training to veterans to enable 
        such veterans to satisfy emergency medical services personnel 
        certification requirements, as determined by the appropriate 
        State regulatory entity, except that in providing such 
        coursework and training, such entity shall take into account 
        previous medical coursework and training received when such 
        veterans were members of the Armed Forces on active duty.''.
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