To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an overtime compensation exemption for paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and rescue and ambulance personnel trained to provide emergency medical services and provide transport of persons receiving those services who are also trained in fire suppression services.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a limited overtime exemption for employees performing emergency medical services and transport (including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and rescue and ambulance service personnel), if they: (1) are also trained, and have the legal authority and responsibility to engage, in fire suppression services; and (2) are employed by a municipal, county, or State emergency medical service operated by, and under the direct control and supervision of, that jurisdiction's fire department.

[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3958 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3958

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an overtime 
 compensation exemption for paramedics, emergency medical technicians, 
and rescue and ambulance personnel trained to provide emergency medical 
services and provide transport of persons receiving those services who 
             are also trained in fire suppression services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 1998

 Mr. Ehrlich (for himself, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, 
and Mr. Inglis of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which 
      was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an overtime 
 compensation exemption for paramedics, emergency medical technicians, 
and rescue and ambulance personnel trained to provide emergency medical 
services and provide transport of persons receiving those services who 
             are also trained in fire suppression services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OVERTIME EXEMPTION FOR MEDICAL PERSONNEL.

    Section 7(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
207(k)) is amended by striking ``any employee'' and inserting ``, any 
paramedic, emergency medical technician, and rescue and ambulance 
personnel trained to provide emergency medical services and provide 
transport of persons receiving those services if such paramedic, 
technician, or personnel are also trained in fire suppression services, 
have the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire 
suppression services, and are employed by a municipal, county, or State 
emergency medical service which is operated by, and under the direct 
control and supervision of, that jurisdiction's fire department, or any 
employee''.
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