One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America
2d Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four
S. 265
AN ACT
To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act
or the SIREN Reauthorization Act
.
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—
in subsection (a), by striking the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (referred to in this section as the
and inserting Secretary
)the Assistant Secretary,
;
in subsection (c)—
in paragraph (1)—
in subparagraph (C), by striking ; and
and inserting a semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following:
ensure emergency medical services personnel are trained on mental health and substance use disorders and care for individuals with such disorders in emergency situations; and
; and
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (B), by striking ; or
and inserting a semicolon;
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting ; or
; and
by adding at the end the following:
acquire drugs or devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected overdose.
;
by striking subsection (f);
by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f);
in subsection (f)(1), as so redesignated, by striking 2019 through 2023
and inserting 2024 through 2028
;
by redesignating such section 330J as section 553 of the Public Health Service Act; and
by transferring such section 553, as so redesignated, to appear at the end of part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.).
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate