[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2205 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2205

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs 
                        relating to trauma care.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

 Mr. Waxman (for himself, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Towns, 
  Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. McMillan, and Mr. Greenwood) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs 
                        relating to trauma care.

    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 ``Trauma Care Systems Amendments of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. REVISIONS IN PROGRAMS RELATING TO TRAUMA CARE.

    (a) General Authority.--Section 1201(a) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d) is amended in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by inserting after ``Secretary'' the following: ``, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention,''.
    (b) Reports by States; Evaluations by Comptroller General.--Section 
1216(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-16) is amended 
by striking ``1993'' and inserting ``1994''.
    (c) Report by Secretary.--Section 1222 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-22) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``1992'' and 
        inserting ``1995''; and
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following 
        sentence: ``Such report shall include an assessment of the 
        extent to which Federal and State efforts to develop systems of 
        trauma care and to designate trauma centers have reduced the 
        incidence of mortality, and the incidence of permanent 
        disability, resulting from trauma.''.
    (d) Waiver Regarding Purpose of Grants.--Section 1233 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-33) is repealed.
    (e) Technical Corrections.--Title XII of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300d et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1204(c), by inserting before the period the 
        following: ``determines to be necessary to carry out this 
        section'';
            (2) in section 1212(a)(2)(A), by striking ``1211(c)'' and 
        inserting ``1211(b)'';
            (3) in section 1213(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Act'' and 
                inserting ``Act)'';
                    (B) in paragraphs (8) and (9), by striking ``to 
                provide'' each place such term appears and inserting 
                ``provides for''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (10), by striking ``to conduct'' 
                and inserting ``conducts''; and
            (4) in section 1231(3), by striking ``Rico;'' and inserting 
        ``Rico,''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-
32(a)) is amended by striking ``for the purpose'' and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ``For the purpose of carrying out parts A 
and B, there is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.''.

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