[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5966-S5967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      SUPPORTING AND IMPROVING RURAL EMS NEEDS REAUTHORIZATION ACT

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (S. 265) to reauthorize the 
rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance 
program, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with an amendment 
to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the 
following:

     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,'';
       (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) 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.).

  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.

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  The bill (S. 265), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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