The resident commissioner, Jenniffer González Colón together with the representative Connor Lamb (PA-17) will present the bipartisan legislation.
This legislation ensures that the knowledge and medical qualifications received by veterans during their military training are reconciled and used by the United States Department of Veterans Assistance (VA) and facilities to meet the needs of combatants radicalize this medium during this Congress with the proposal to advance the evacuation efforts.
“The caravan to evacuate American citizens in the face of COVID-19 has served as a record of what we are preparing for this pandemic.” There is no better group than our veterans to help win the battle, ”said Lamb. “The veterans have received the best possible training and are enthusiastic about contributing when vuelvan to the daily life. This legislation removes obstacles to help veterans serve more efficiently in our communities, especially while increasing our efforts at the national level to win the COVID-19 ”.
The SERVE legislation seeks to capitalize on the skills and knowledge required by our veterans and users to help our country in this time of national emergence. It has been shown that during this pandemic, it is necessary to maximize all opportunities and resources available to combat this deadly risk virus. Even though it represents women, I have hope for the future and to return to normalcy. Without embarrassment, pandemics and other emergencies like this will always be an urgent warning and we will be prepared at any moment. I am confident that this legislation will put us in a better position to respond to more emergencies in the future. I’m sorry to be an original author, together with my partner Connor Lamb, and I hope to continue working in a bipartisan manner to complete our meta, ”said González Colón.
The SERVE legislation is supported by the Veterans of America in Iraq and Afghanistan (IAVA), the Council of the Union of Veterans (UVC) AFL-CIO and Team Rubicon. These veterans ‘service organizations (VSOs, by its seal in English) refer to the veterans’ volunteer service to their new communities and have a congressional hearing to try to improve the current accreditation system to better recognize veteran medical talent. Respond to this llamado, la wetación SERVE:
Dirige VA to identify veterans with occupations and specialties previa in the military medicine area and provide medical training and experience documentation through an electronic portal, allowing veterans to provide contact information in a voluntary manner.
Vergun and VA share veteran dichos information and medical experience with their respective government states, VSOs and state-accredited organizations, to facilitate the state-level accreditation process for qualified veterans.
Authorization of permanent manners of the Intermediate Coaching (ICT) Techniques program, which is designed to employ people previously in armed forces for health centers; y
Requires a study on the possibility of replicating the ICT program for other military specialties with the proposal to expand the routes for members of the armed forces in transition to the labor force.
“I applaud the bipartisan bailouts of the Lamb and González Colón representatives in introducing this important legislation”, said Jeremy Butler, CEO, IAVA. “The introduction of the SERVE Act is an opportunity for the need for professional health during this pandemic. There are hundreds of miles of veterans with knowledge and experience in critical medicine. It is a resource that can be used and it does not need to be loaded.
The health professionals have been on the forefront of combating this pandemic for over 14 months now and the need to respond. We take the opportunity to create a completely new labor force, which is very enthusiastic to serve. There are hundreds of miles of military veterans with extensive training in emergency medicine who do not have a life to use their talents in a time of crisis, ”said Jake Wood, CEO, Team Rubicon.
“As veterans, we are trained to serve and always list for the battle that our country needs. This legislation is the only way we can provide personal expertise in the evacuation mission against COVID-19, and we also have a sense of service and proposal in many of our national heroes “, said Will Attig, Executive Director, Union Veterans Council , AFL-CIO.