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H.R. 3199: EMT Act of 2010

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H.R. 3199: EMT Act of 2010

111th Congress · introduced 2009-07-14 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-07-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 542 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3199 (2010-09-23), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

EMT Act of 2010

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 16, 2010. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010 or the EMT Act of 2010 - 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 U.S. 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 to Congress 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.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

EMT Act of 2010

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3199, Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010 (2010-09-07); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3199, Emergency Medic Transition Act of 2010 (2010-09-07)

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Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong111-hr3199 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111