To require the Secretary of Labor to revise the Standard Occupational Classification System to accurately count the number of emergency medical services practitioners in the United States.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The EMS Counts Act requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to consider creating separate occupational classification codes for firefighters, firefighter/EMTs, firefighter/paramedics, and other firefighters within the Standard Occupational Classification system. If the Director declines, a report explaining the decision must be submitted to Congress.
Who Benefits and How
EMS practitioners, particularly dual-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics, benefit from improved workforce visibility and more accurate data collection. Government agencies responsible for emergency preparedness and public health policy benefit from better workforce data to inform resource allocation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Labor Statistics and Office of Management and Budget bear the administrative burden of revising the classification system. Employers of EMS personnel may face updated reporting requirements.
Key Provisions
- Section 2: Congressional findings on the critical role of EMS and current shortcomings in workforce counting
- Section 3: Directs OMB Director to consider establishing separate occupational codes for firefighter/EMT and firefighter/paramedic roles; requires congressional report if codes are not established
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Office of Management and Budget to revise the Standard Occupational Classification system to create separate codes for dual-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics, improving the accuracy of EMS workforce data.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Labor & Employment, Emergency Services, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Directs the Office of Management and Budget to revise the Standard Occupational Classification system to create separate codes for dual-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics, improving the accuracy of EMS workforce data.
Policy Domains
Whole Bill - EMS Occupational Classification Reform
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- EMS practitioners (firefighter/EMTs, firefighter/paramedics)
- Emergency preparedness agencies
- Public health policymakers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Office of Management and Budget
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Ms. Pingree, Mr. Molinaro, Mr. Goldman of New …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Ms. Wild (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Ms. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress, Department of Labor
Positive-direction: Congress
Negative-direction: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor
Dual-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics, EMS practitioners
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical technicians
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