IIB
114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 648
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 17, 2015
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
AN ACT
To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain trauma care programs, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act
.
Reauthorization of certain trauma care programs
Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–32(a)) is amended by striking 2014
and inserting 2020
.
Improvements and clarifications to certain trauma care programs
Allocation of funds for competitive grants for regionalized systems for emergency care response
Section 1232(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–31(c)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015, not more than 50 percent of such amounts remaining for such fiscal year after application of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be allocated for the purpose of carrying out section 1204.
.
Clarifications under trauma systems formula grants requirements relating to the American Burn Association
Section 1213 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–13) is amended—
in subsection (a)(3), by inserting and (for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) contains national standards and requirements of the American Burn Association for the designation of verified burn centers,
after such entity,
;
in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking and the American Academy of Pediatrics,
and inserting the American Academy of Pediatrics, and (for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) the American Burn Association,
; and
in subsection (c)(1)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting and not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act
after Act of 2007
; and
in subparagraph (A), by striking and the American Academy of Pediatrics
and inserting the American Academy of Pediatrics, and (with respect to the update pursuant to the Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act) the American Burn Association
.
Conforming amendments
Part B of title XII of the Public Health Service Act is amended—
in section 1218(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300d–18(c)(2)), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 1232(b)(3)
and inserting section 1232(b)
; and
in section 1222 (42 U.S.C. 300d–22), by striking October 1, 2008
and inserting October 1, 2017
.
Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 2015.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk