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[H.R. 3548 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3548

                     One Hundred Thirteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           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.