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Calendar No. 482
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2406
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 22, 2014
Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Burr, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Alexander) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
July 23, 2014
Reported by Mr. Harkin, without amendment
A BILL
To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014
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Trauma definition
Revised definition under trauma systems grants programs
Paragraph (4) of section 1231 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–31) is amended to read as follows:
Trauma
The term trauma means an injury resulting from exposure to—
a mechanical force; or
another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.
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Revised definition under interagency program for trauma research
Paragraph (3) of section 1261(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–61(h)) is amended to read as follows:
The term trauma
means an injury resulting from exposure to—
a mechanical force; or
another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.
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July 23, 2014
Reported without amendment