Sec. 5. Study and report on emergency medical technician and paramedic workforce shortage
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The Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall conduct a study on— the number of currently available emergency medical technician and paramedic jobs, categorized by type of employer (such as ambulance services, local governments other than hospitals, and hospitals); the projected increase in available emergency medical technician and paramedic jobs from 2023 through 2032, categorized by type of employer; the percentage of available emergency medical technician and paramedic jobs from 2023 through 2032 that are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force; the availability of appropriate training and education programs in the United States sufficient to meet the projected demand for emergency medical technician and paramedic jobs from 2023 through 2032; and the projected shortage of emergency medical technicians and paramedics from 2023 through 2032.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection
(a)together with such recommendations that the Secretaries determine are appropriate to address the projected shortage of emergency medical technicians and paramedics, including whether Schedule A should be expanded to include these occupations.