S.Amdt. 3755

SA 3755. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157,
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:
Sec. ___. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall, through the
Joint Trauma Education and Training Directorate established
under section 708 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1071
note), develop partnerships with civilian academic medical
centers and large metropolitan teaching hospitals to improve
combat casualty care for personnel of the Armed Forces.
(b) In carrying out partnerships under subsection (a),
trauma surgeons and physicians of the Department of Defense
shall partner with level I civilian trauma centers to provide
adequate training and readiness for the next generation of
medical providers to treat critically injured burn patients.
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall make every effort to
support partnerships under the Joint Trauma Education and
Training Directorate with academic institutions that have
level I civilian trauma centers, specifically those centers
with a burn center, that offer burn rotations and clinical
experience to provide adequate training and readiness for the
next generation of medical providers to treat critically
injured burn patients.
(d) In this section, the term ``level I civilian trauma
center'' has the meaning given that term in section 708 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
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