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S 218 114th Congress Senate

Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for veterans.

Introduced: January 21, 2015 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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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) 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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 21, 2015
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 Latest action January 21, 2015

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act of 2015

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 of coursework and training to enable veterans to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements. Requires such coursework and training to take into account previous medical coursework and training received by such veterans when they were on active duty in the Armed Forces.

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jan 21, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 218: Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-218/
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"S. 218: Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-218/.
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S. 218, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-218/.
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