§ 26 §2132 — Health Care Employment for Military Veterans Program

1.
Establishment; purpose.
The department shall, using existing resources and available grant funding, establish and implement in accordance with this section the Health Care Employment for Military Veterans Program to assist eligible veterans who desire to obtain employment in civilian health care occupations in the State.
2.
Evaluation of military health care occupational specialties.
The department, in implementing the program, shall create a document, referred to in this subsection as "the military-to-civilian crosswalk," that describes the military training and experience that members of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard of any state or the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces are required to complete to engage in various military health care occupational specialties and compares that required military training and experience with the education and training requirements for equivalent or similar civilian health care occupations in this State. The military-to-civilian crosswalk must include information to assist eligible veterans, occupational licensing boards and postsecondary education institutions in the State in determining:
3.
Direct assistance to eligible veterans.
The department, in implementing the program, shall provide direct assistance to eligible veterans. The department shall:
4.
Coordination with the Maine Apprenticeship Program.
The department shall ensure collaboration between the program and the Maine Apprenticeship Program, established in section 3202, to recruit employers in the State to sponsor eligible veterans to serve as apprentices in health care occupations.
5.
Priority.
If the number of eligible veterans seeking assistance from the program exceeds the capacity of the program, the program shall give priority to eligible veterans who were discharged or released from military service no longer than 2 years prior to seeking assistance.

Legislative History

PL 2017, c. 326, §1 (NEW).