[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6154 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6154

  To establish a pilot program for emergency medical systems, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2018

 Mrs. Torres introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a pilot program for emergency medical systems, 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 ``Rapid Response Pilot Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (referred 
to in this section as the ``Secretary''), shall award grants, on a 
competitive basis, to not more than three eligible entities for the 
purpose of carrying out the activities described in subsection (c). A 
grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a period of three 
years.
    (b) Eligible Entities.--In order to be eligible for a grant under 
subsection (a), an entity shall--
            (1) be a State or local emergency medical system; and
            (2) submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
        may require.
    (c) Use of Grant Funds.--
            (1) In general.--An entity that receives a grant under 
        subsection (a) shall use the grant funds to study emergency 
        medical response times and the best approaches for obtaining 
        such information.
            (2) Coordination.--In carrying out paragraph (1), an entity 
        shall coordinate with nonprofit hospitals, ambulance services 
        providers, and other relevant stakeholders.
    (d) Report.--An entity that receives a grant under subsection (a) 
shall submit to the Secretary a report on the activities carried out 
under subsection (c) at such time and in such form and manner as the 
Secretary may require.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of carrying out 
this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for the 
period of fiscal years 2019 through 2021.
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