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S 1060 113th Congress Senate

Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for military veterans.

Introduced: March 5, 2014 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Health Emergency medical services and trauma careFirst responders and emergency personnelHealth care coverage and accessHealth personnel
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Health programs administration and fundingRural conditions and developmentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
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This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 23, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 23, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the grant program to improve emergency medical services in rural areas to include as a permissible use of grant funds the provision to military veterans of required coursework and training to enable them to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements. Requires such coursework and training to take into account, and not be duplicative of, previous medical coursework and training received by such veterans in the Armed Forces.

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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 5, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1060: Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1060/
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"S. 1060: Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1060/.
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S. 1060, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1060/.
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