H.R. 2574 · 118th Congress
EMS Counts Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Susan Wild
- Introduced
- 2023-04-10
- Latest action
- 2024-09-19 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-694.
Summary
EMS Counts Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise the broad description under the occupational series 33-2011 Firefighters of the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification System of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to separately account for firefighters who also serve as paramedics or emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Specifically, the classification system must include the following detailed occupations:
Firefighters; Firefighter/EMTs; Firefighter/Paramedics; and Firefighters, All Other.