1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to veterans; appropriating money for a veterans paramedic apprenticeship 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; VETERANS PARAMEDIC APPRENTICESHIP 
1.6 	PROGRAM.
 1.7 	$100,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the 
1.8 	commissioner of veterans affairs to make a grant to the Minnesota Ambulance Association 
1.9 	to implement a veterans paramedic apprenticeship program to reintegrate returning 
1.10 	military medics into Minnesota's workforce in the field of paramedic and emergency 
1.11 	services, thereby guaranteeing returning military medics gainful employment with livable 
1.12 	wages and benefits.