[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Collins):
  S. 265. A bill to reauthorize the rural emergency medical service 
training and equipment assistance program, and for other purposes; to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 265

       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 ``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 for Mental Health and Substance Use,'';
       (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 overdose reversal drugs and devices.'';
       (3) by striking subsection (f);
       (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and
       (5) in subsection (f)(1), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``2024 through 2028''.

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