S.Amdt. 341

SA 341. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 718. DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE COMBAT
CASUALTY CARE FOR PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED
FORCES.

(a) Partnerships.--
(1) In general.--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.
(2) Partnerships with level i trauma centers.--In carrying
out partnerships under paragraph (1), 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.
(b) Support of Partnerships.--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.
(c) Level I Civilian Trauma Center Defined.--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).
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on
October 1, 2020.
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