[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3416]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 341. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 718. DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE COMBAT 
                   CASUALTY CARE FOR PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       (a) Partnerships.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, through 
     the Joint Trauma Education and Training Directorate 
     established under section 708 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 
     10 U.S.C. 1071 note), develop partnerships with civilian 
     academic medical centers and large metropolitan teaching 
     hospitals to improve combat casualty care for personnel of 
     the Armed Forces.
       (2) Partnerships with level i trauma centers.--In carrying 
     out partnerships under paragraph (1), trauma surgeons and 
     physicians of the Department of Defense shall partner with 
     level I civilian trauma centers to provide adequate training 
     and readiness for the next generation of medical providers to 
     treat critically injured burn patients.
       (b) Support of Partnerships.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall make every effort to support partnerships under the 
     Joint Trauma Education and Training Directorate with academic 
     institutions that have level I civilian trauma centers, 
     specifically those centers with a burn center, that offer 
     burn rotations and clinical experience to provide adequate 
     training and readiness for the next generation of medical 
     providers to treat critically injured burn patients.
       (c) Level I Civilian Trauma Center Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``level I civilian trauma center'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 708 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
     114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
       (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
     October 1, 2020.
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