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HR 1440 114th Congress House Labor and Employment Age discrimination Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Health personnel State and local government operations

To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat employment as a field emergency medical service practitioner in the same manner as employment as a firefighter for purposes of such Act.

Introduced: March 18, 2015 Introduced by: DesJarlais, Scott Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Mar 18, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 18, 2015
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat field emergency medical service practitioners in the same manner as firefighters or law enforcement officers for purposes of exempting state employers from otherwise prohibited age discrimination practices.

Allows an employer that is a state, political subdivision, and interstate agency to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any such practitioner because of the individual's age if the employer provides the practitioner an annual opportunity to demonstrate physical and mental fitness by passing a job performance test identified by the Department of Health and Human Services in order to continue employment.

Defines "field emergency medical service practitioner" as an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily to perform work directly connected with the responsibility of administration of specialized pre-hospital emergency care for victims of acute illnesses or injury, including an employee engaged in such activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.

What's happening now November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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