1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hometown Heroes Relief Act of 2017 . 2. Reauthorization of rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program Section 330J of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–15 ) is amended by striking subsections (c) through (g) and inserting the following: (c) Use of funds An entity shall use amounts received under a grant made under subsection (a) of this section, either directly or through grants to emergency medical service squads that are located in, or that serve residents of, a nonmetropolitan statistical area, an area designated as a rural area by any law or regulation of a State, or a rural census tract of a metropolitan statistical area (as determined under the most recent Goldsmith Modification, originally published in a notice of availability of funds in the Federal Register on February 27, 1992, 57 Fed. Reg. 6725), to— (1) train emergency medical service personnel in emergency response, injury prevention, safety awareness, and other topics relevant to the delivery of emergency medical services; (2) fund specific training to meet Federal or State certification requirements; (3) develop new ways to educate emergency health care providers through the use of technology-enhanced educational methods (such as distance learning); (4) acquire emergency medical services equipment; and (5) acquire personal protective equipment for emergency medical services personnel as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (d) Emergency medical services In this section, the term emergency medical services — (1) means resources used by a qualified public or private nonprofit entity, or by any other entity recognized as qualified by the State involved, to deliver medical care outside of a medical facility under emergency conditions that occur as a result of the condition of the patient