113 HR 3548 ENR: 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.
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H. R.3548
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of AmericaA T T H E S E C O N D S E S S I O N
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen
An Act
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014”.
SEC. 2. TRAUMA DEFINITION.(a) 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:“(4) Trauma.—The term ‘trauma’ means an injury resulting from exposure to—“(A) a mechanical force; or“(B) another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.”.(b) 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:“(3) The term ‘trauma’ means an injury resulting from exposure to—“(A) a mechanical force; or“(B) another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.”.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.