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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1193 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2359 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | John C. Velis |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to EMT certification of veterans and military medics. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :John C. VelisHampden and HampshireAdam Scanlon14th Bristol1/19/2023Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable1/31/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1193 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2359 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Velis, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2359) of John C. Velis, Adam |
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| 19 | 19 | | Scanlon and Steven George Xiarhos for legislation relative to EMT certification of veterans and |
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| 20 | 20 | | military medics. Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to EMT certification of veterans and military medics. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 3 of chapter 111C of the General Laws, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (3) the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3following clause:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (3a) develop standards and promulgate regulations establishing criteria for determining |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5the extent to which the education and training requirements for veterans and military medics of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6the United States Armed Forces are substantially equivalent to the education and training |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7requirements of emergency medical technicians in the commonwealth; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 SECTION 2. Said chapter 111C is hereby further amended by inserting after section 9 the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9following section:- |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 Section 9a. The department shall, based on the department standards and regulations |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11established pursuant to clause (3a) of subsection (b) of section 3, determine if veterans or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12military medics of the United States Armed Forces applying for emergency medical technician, 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13hereinafter EMT, certification in the commonwealth have completed courses or training required |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14by the United States Armed Forces that is substantially equivalent to the state emergency training |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15requirements. If the department determines that a veteran or military medic applying for EMT |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16certification has completed substantially equivalent training, the department shall issue a waiver |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17of any course or training requirement for certification in the commonwealth, for any course or |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18training completed through the United States Armed Forces that is found, by the department, to |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19be substantially equivalent to the requirement of certification in the commonwealth; provided, |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20that the applicant submits sufficient proof of completion of the substantially equivalent training |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21to the department. No veteran or military medic applying for EMT certification who has |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22completed substantially equivalent emergency training with the United States Armed Forces, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23determined by the department, shall be required to complete the same training for EMT |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24certification or licensing in the commonwealth. The department shall issue a verification of EMT |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25training equivalency to the applicant upon a determination that the applicant’s training, including |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26any substantially equivalent training received in the United States Armed Forces and accepted |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27pursuant to this section, satisfies the commonwealth’s training requirements. |
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