S. 2971 · 117th Congress · Senate

EMS Counts Act of 2021

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced
Oct 7, 21
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

EMS Counts Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget, to 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 separately account for firefighters who also serve as paramedics or emergency medical technicians. Specifically, the classification system must include the following detailed occupations:

  • Firefighters;
  • Firefighter/EMTs;
  • Firefighter/Paramedics; and
  • Firefighters, All Other.