I
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1668
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 2, 2011
Mr. Fitzpatrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Danny McIntosh Emergency Medical
Service Providers Protection Act
.
Eligibility
Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended—
in paragraph (7),
by striking public employee member of a rescue squad or ambulance
crew;
and inserting “employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or
ambulance crew (including a ground or air ambulance service) that—
is a public agency; or
is (or is a part of) a nonprofit entity serving the public that—
is officially authorized or licensed to engage in rescue activity or to provide emergency medical services; and
is officially designated as a pre-hospital emergency medical response agency;
; and
in paragraph (9)—
in subparagraph
(A), by striking as a chaplain
and all that follows through the
semicolon, and inserting or as a chaplain;
;
in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking or
after the semicolon;
in subparagraph
(C)(ii), by striking the period and inserting ; or
; and
by adding at the end the following:
a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew who, as authorized or licensed by law and by the applicable agency or entity (and as designated by such agency or entity), is engaging in rescue activity or in the provision of emergency medical services.
.
Offset
Of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $12,000,000 are permanently cancelled.
Effective date
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only to injuries sustained on or after June 1, 2009.