3.0.0 760 2022-02-03T05:26:04Z 2022-02-03T05:26:04Z Senate S S 2005-04-11 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-11T23:05:27Z 2005-04-11 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3433) IntroReferral 2005-04-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3432-3433) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2005-04-11 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-04-11 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-04-11 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2005-04-11 True C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND 2005-04-11 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2005-04-21 False K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2005-04-21 False B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-04-21 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-04-21 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2005-05-09 False D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-05-09 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2005-06-15 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-06-21 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2005-07-19 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2005-09-21 False J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2006-05-18 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2006-05-24 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-07-13 False Health Access to health care Authorization Child health Cost effectiveness Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Emergency medicine Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Health information systems Higher education Housing and Community Development Medical education Medical research Medical technology Mortality Quality of care Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Trauma care Health 00 2005-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-24T14:24:22Z Wakefield Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to extend by one year the length of time for which a grant may be awarded under the emergency medical services for children grant program, which allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States or schools of medicine to support projects to expand and improve emergency medical services for children who need treatment for trauma or critical care.

Sets forth as the purpose of the program the reduction of child and youth morbidity and mortality by supporting improvements in the quality of all emergency medical care children receive.

Requires the Secretary to support emergency medical services for children by supporting projects that: (1) develop and present scientific evidence; (2) promote existing innovative technologies appropriate for the care of children; and (3) provide information on health outcomes and effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Directs that such program: (1) strive to enhance the pediatric capability of emergency medical service systems; and (2) be coordinated with all research, evaluations, and awards undertaken by the Federal Government related to emergency medical services for children.

]]> Wakefield Act Short Titles as Introduced Wakefield Act Display Title Wakefield Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide a means for continued improvement in emergency medical services for children. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s760is/xml/BILLS-109s760is.xml 2005-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3433) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.