US Congress House Bill 3884 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-1)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2012 or the EMT Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a program of awarding grants to states to assist veterans who received and completed military emergency medical training while serving in the United States Armed Forces to become, upon their discharge or release from active duty service, state-licensed or certified emergency medical technicians. Allows such funds to be used to: (1) provide such veterans required course work and training (that takes into account, and is not duplicative of, medical course work and training already received) to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements in the civilian sector; (2) provide reimbursement for costs associated with such course work and training and with applying for licensure or certification; (3) expedite the licensing or certification process; and (4) enter into an agreement with an educational institution to provide course work and training under this Act. Requires a state, to be eligible for a grant under this Act, to demonstrate that it has a shortage of emergency medical technicians. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) study the barriers experienced by such veterans seeking to become licensed or certified in a state as civilian health professionals; and (2) report on the results of such study, including recommendations on whether the program under this Act should be expanded to assist veterans seeking to become licensed or certified in a state as health providers other than emergency medical technicians.

Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2012

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2012-02-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HB4288 (Related) 2012-03-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3884/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3884/BILLS-112hr3884ih.pdf