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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.

H.R. 1440 · 114th Congress · Mar 18, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Field emergency medical service practitioners under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967

(a)
In general— Section 4(j)(1) of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623(J)(1)) is amended by striking “firefighter or as a” and inserting “firefighter, field emergency medical service practitioner, or”.
(b)
Definition— Section 11(l) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(m) The term “field emergency medical service practitioner” means 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 this activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.”