| Category | Title | Description |
| Pending Legislation | Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies | Requests $7 million in funding for the Pediatric Disaster Care Program within the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Labor, HHS, Education (LHHS) appropriations bill. |
| EMS Issue | Letter to US Trade Representative | Requests that Congress consider EMS in tariff discussions, and its reliance on other country imports of PPE, medications, equipment and other important items used in the daily response to patients. |
| Proposed Legislation | Letter to Sen. Dick Durbin | Requests support to include $33 million in the FY 2026 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for the Rural EMS Training and Equipment Assistance (REMSTEA) grant program (SIREN). |
| EMS Issue | Letter to OSHA Office of Safety Systems, Directorate of Standards and Guidance Director | Comments to OSHA hearing regarding its proposed emergency response rule. |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to U.S. Senate and House leaders | Joint letter urging Congress to extend the temporary Medicare ambulance increases for the next three years and raise the percentages to reflect the escalating costs of providing vital emergency 911 and non-emergency interfacility ambulance services. |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to Chair and Ranking Member of Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee | NAEMT signed onto Smart Heart Sports Coalition’s letter urging support of the Access to AEDs Act (S. 1024), authorizing a federal grant program that would increase the availability of AEDs and related equipment on elementary and secondary school campuses. |
| EMS Issue | Joint letter with Society of Critical Care Medicine to FDA | Expresses deep concern about the significant supply chain disruptions resulting from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Helene on Baxter’s North Cove manufacturing site in North Carolina. |
| Proposed Legislation | NAEMT Statement on Ground Ambulance Patient Balance Billing Advisory Committee Recommendations | NAEMT supports the 14 recommendations (in entirety) of GAPBAC’s Report on Prevention of Out-Of-Network Ground Ambulance Emergency Service Balance Billing and believes they represent the best path forward for Congress to help the emergency ambulance service. |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS | Requests EMS agencies not be immediately required to comply with the provisions of the proposed rule modifying 45 CFR Parts 170, 171, and 172. |
| EMS Issue | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Provides input as part of the 2028 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) revision process to ensure that all EMS personnel are accurately counted. |
| EMS Issue | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Recommends reclassification to address the undercounting of EMS personnel of at least 795,000 due to the exclusion of dual-role firefighter/EMS personnel. |
| Proposed Legislation | Letter to U.S. Committee on Veterans Affairs | Request support for the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act (H.R. 5530) when the bill comes before the full Veterans Affairs Committee. |
| Proposed Legislation | Letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration | Communicates concern about the significant impacts OSHA’s Emergency Response Proposed Rule would place upon an already under-resourced and stressed EMS infrastructure. |
| EMS Issue | Letter to Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment | Request for Inclusion of EMS Consultant in Future Productions (following release of Madame Web) |
| EMS Issue | Letter to U.S. Senate Finance Committee leaders | Joint EMS organization response to committee’s proposal to provide a long-term solution to address the fundamental market failures creating drug shortages. |
| Pending Legislation | Written Testimony for the Record: FY2025 | Susan Bailey, MSEM, NRP, NAEMT President, testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, May 3, 2024 |
| Pending Legislation | Written Testimony for the Record: FY2025 | Susan Bailey, MSEM, NRP, NAEMT President, testimony to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), May 9, 2024 |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to Representatives Wenstrup, Sewell, Carter and Tonko | Expresses strong support for the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act of 2023 (H.R. 1666). |
| EMS Issue | Letter from Members of Congress to House Appropriations Subcommittee | Requests that report language be included directing ASPR and NHTSA to address our country’s emergency medical services (EMS) readiness and workforce shortage. |
| EMS Funding | Letter to U.S. Senate and House Appropriations Committee leaders | Requests $32 million in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) Appropriations bill for the Rural EMS Training and Equipment Assistance (REMSTEA) grant program (SIREN grant program). |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health leaders | Supports H.R. 5530, protecting access for veterans to essential 9-1-1 emergency and urgent interfacility ground ambulance services. |
| EMS Funding | Letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committee leaders | Requests the Labor-HHS-Education Conference Report to include the House level of $31 million in FY 2024 appropriations. |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to Senate Leaders | Supports continuation of Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization Act of 2024 for an additional five years. |
| EMS Funding | Memo to CMS on GEMT Reiumbursement Program | Addresses NAEMT's concerns as it relates to CMS approval of GEMT supplemental payment programs for new states. |
| Proposed Legislation | Letter to House and Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee leaders | Opposes any legislation that would increase the legal size or weight limits of trucks because of the serious safety risks inherent in allowing bigger trucks on our nation’s roads and bridges. |
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