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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.
Summary
The bill requires the Secretary of Labor to revise the Standard Occupational Classification System maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to accurately count emergency medical services practitioners. Currently, the BLS classification system does not properly account for dual-role firefighter/emergency medical technicians and firefighter/paramedics who provide emergency medical services. Within 120 days of enactment, the Secretary must revise the occupational classification for firefighters to include separate categories for firefighters, firefighter/EMTs, firefighter/paramedics, and firefighters in all other roles. The Secretary must also submit a report to Congress within 270 days detailing actions taken to expand the emergency medical technician and paramedic classification and the implementation of these revisions. The accurate counting of the EMS workforce is intended to help government agencies assess EMS needs and inform policy on disaster preparedness and public health emergencies.
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Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA)
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO)
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC)
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH)
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY)
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA)
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Glenn Thompson’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $136,590
- EMPRESAS FONALLEDAS $14,900
- SNYDER ASSOCIATED COMPANIES $12,500
- COINBASE $12,400
- TOM JAMES COMPANY $11,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Glenn Thompson → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Jun 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2025
Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Mannion) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “EMS Counts Act”.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Emergency Medical Services (in this Act referred to as “EMS”) personnel provide a critical role in emergency response. EMS consists of a diverse group of health care practitioners, such as paramedics, emergency medical technicians (in this Act referred to as “EMTs”), dual-role firefighter/EMTs, firefighter/paramedics, and volunteer personnel serving in each of such roles.
(2) EMS is an integral component of the response capacity of the United States to disasters and public health crises, such as outbreaks of infectious diseases, bombings, mass shootings, earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. EMS personnel respond to more than 22,000,000 emergency calls each year including strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrest, and trauma.
(3) The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles information on the number of individuals working in roles across the entire United States workforce. The Bureau of Labor Statistics completes this work by maintaining the Standard Occupational Classification system which classifies workers and jobs into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, analyzing, or disseminating data.
(4) The BLS fails to accurately count EMS practitioners because of its failure to include dual-role firefighter/EMTs and firefighter/paramedics in their count of EMS personnel.
(5) Accurately counting the EMS workforce is critical for government agencies in determining the needs of EMS agencies and practitioners. These data are also crucial for informing many aspects of policy including preparedness for natural disasters, public health emergencies, and acts of terrorism.
SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF DUAL-ROLE FIREFIGHTERS AS EMS PRACTITIONERS.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall 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 include the following detailed occupations:
(1) Firefighters.
(2) Firefighter/EMTs.
(3) Firefighter/Paramedics.
(4) Firefighters, All Other.
SEC. 4. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report that details—
(1) the actions taken in 2015 to expand the definition “29-2040 Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics” to separately account for the numbers of EMTs and paramedics; and
(2) the implementation of the revisions under section 3. <all>
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