HB 395 — An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system, further providing for emergency medical responders.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-28
Latest action: — Referred to HEALTH, Jan. 28, 2025
Sponsors
- Joe Hamm (R, PA-84) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Keith J. Greiner (R, PA-43) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Craig T. Staats (R, PA-145) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Mark M. Gillen (R, PA-128) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
- Marla Brown (R, PA-9) — cosponsor · 2025-01-28
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to HEALTH, Jan. 28, 2025
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0360 · 2,280 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 360
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 395
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, HAMM, GREINER, KUTZ, STAATS AND GILLEN,
JANUARY 28, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, JANUARY 28, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in emergency medical services system,
3 further providing for emergency medical responders.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 8114 of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 8114. Emergency medical responders.
9 * * *
10 (b.1) National certification reciprocity.--
11 (1) The department shall provide a provisional
12 certification as an EMR to an individual who possesses a
13 valid and current certification from the National Registry of
14 Emergency Medical Technicians as an emergency medical
15 responder, a certified first responder, an emergency medical
16 technician, an advanced emergency medical technician or a
17 paramedic.
18 (2) A provisional certification issued under paragraph
1 (1) shall be valid for three years and converted to a
2 standard certification under subsection (b) upon completion
3 of the triennial registration process under subsection (c).
4 (3) A candidate who is seeking provisional certification
5 under this subsection and meets the requirements under
6 paragraph (1) shall be issued a provisional certification on
7 an expedited basis in accordance with this subsection.
8 (4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
9 "provisional certification" means an EMR certification that
10 is currently valid and the status of which is subject to
11 change at a later date.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
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| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Health Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig T. Staats (R, state_lower PA-145) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 2 | Joe Hamm (R, state_lower PA-84) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Keith J. Greiner (R, state_lower PA-43) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Mark M. Gillen (R, state_lower PA-128) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Marla Brown (R, state_lower PA-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Health Committee · pa-leg