Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act
Public Law 118–84
Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act
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118–84
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Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act
[(Public Law 118–84)]
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AN ACT
To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program, 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.
[42 U.S.C. 201 note]

SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act” or the “SIREN Reauthorization Act”.
SEC. 2.

RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 330J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-15) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a), by striking “the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’)” and inserting “the Assistant Secretary,”;
(2)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
in subparagraph (C), by striking “; and” and inserting a semicolon; and
(ii)
by adding at the end the following:
“(E)
ensure emergency medical services personnel are trained on mental health and substance use disorders and care for individuals with such disorders in emergency situations; and”
; and
(B)
in paragraph (2)—
(i)
in subparagraph (B), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(ii)
in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting “; or”; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following:
“(D)
acquire drugs or devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected overdose.”
;
(3)
by striking subsection (f);
(4)
by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f);
(5)
in subsection (f)(1), as so redesignated, by striking “2019 through 2023” and inserting “2024 through 2028”;
(6)
[42 U.S.C. 254c-15]
by redesignating such section 330J as section 553 of the Public Health Service Act; and
(7)
by transferring such section 553, as so redesignated, to appear at the end of part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.).