3.0.0 3173 2023-01-11T21:18:15Z 2023-01-11T21:18:15Z House H HR 2007-07-25 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-25T21:36:38Z Referred to 2007-07-25T14:01:40Z Improving Emergency Medical Care and Response Act of 2007 110 1873 S 2007-07-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10143) Related bill CRS 2007-07-25 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-07-25 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000215 Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30] HENRY WAXMAN D CA A. 30 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2007-10-02 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2008-03-12 False Health Access to health care Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Medical research Science, Technology, Communications Health 00 2007-07-25 Introduced in House 2007-10-16T18:08:06Z Improving Emergency Medical Care and Response Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting though the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, to award matching contracts or competitive grants to support demonstration programs that design, implement, and evaluate innovative models of regionalized, comprehensive, and accountable emergency care systems. Requires the Secretary to give priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, to enter into a contract with an academic institution or other entity to conduct an independent evaluation of the demonstration programs funded under this Act.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) support federal programs involved in improving the emergency care system to expand and accelerate research in emergency medical care systems and emergency medicine; and (2) support research to determine the estimated economic impact of, and savings that result from, the implementation of coordinated emergency care systems.

]]> Improving Emergency Medical Care and Response Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish demonstration programs on regionalized systems for emergency care, to support emergency medicine research, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Improving Emergency Medical Care and Response Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Improving Emergency Medical Care and Response Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3173ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3173ih.xml 2007-07-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.