[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 648 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 648


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2015

     Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
         certain trauma care programs, and for other purposes.

    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 Systems and Regionalization 
of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS.

    Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-
32(a)) is amended by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2020''.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Allocation of Funds for Competitive Grants for Regionalized 
Systems for Emergency Care Response.--Section 1232(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-31(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015, not more 
        than 50 percent of such amounts remaining for such fiscal year 
        after application of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be allocated 
        for the purpose of carrying out section 1204.''.
    (b) Clarifications Under Trauma Systems Formula Grants Requirements 
Relating to the American Burn Association.--Section 1213 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-13) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ``and (for a fiscal 
        year after fiscal year 2015) contains national standards and 
        requirements of the American Burn Association for the 
        designation of verified burn centers,'' after ``such entity,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ``and the American 
        Academy of Pediatrics,'' and inserting ``the American Academy 
        of Pediatrics, and (for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) 
        the American Burn Association,''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``and not later than 1 year after the date of 
                the enactment of the Trauma Systems and Regionalization 
                of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act'' after ``Act of 
                2007''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and the 
                American Academy of Pediatrics'' and inserting ``the 
                American Academy of Pediatrics, and (with respect to 
                the update pursuant to the Trauma Systems and 
                Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act) 
                the American Burn Association''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Part B of title XII of the Public 
Health Service Act is amended--
            (1) in section 1218(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300d-18(c)(2)), in the 
        matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``1232(b)(3)'' 
        and inserting ``section 1232(b)''; and
            (2) in section 1222 (42 U.S.C. 300d-22), by striking 
        ``October 1, 2008'' and inserting ``October 1, 2017''.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 2015.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.