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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3548 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 339
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3548

                          [Report No. 113-458]

   To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the 
    definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, 
                radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2013

 Mr. Johnson of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

                              May 20, 2014

Additional sponsors: Mr. Burgess, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Edwards, 
 Mr. Meehan, Mr. Benishek, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Blackburn, 
Mr. Moran, Mr. Peterson, Ms. Jenkins, and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
                                 Texas

                              May 20, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the 
    definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, 
                radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.

 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Trauma Care Act 
of 2013''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. TRAUMA DEFINITION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Paragraph (4) of section 1231 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-31) is amended to read as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Trauma.--The term `trauma' means an injury 
        resulting from exposure to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a mechanical force; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) another extrinsic agent, including 
                an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, 
                chemical, or radioactive.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. TRAUMA DEFINITION.

    (a) Revised Definition Under Trauma Systems Grants Programs.--
Paragraph (4) of section 1231 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300d-31) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Trauma.--The term `trauma' means an injury resulting 
        from exposure to--
                    ``(A) a mechanical force; or
                    ``(B) another extrinsic agent, including an 
                extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, 
                or radioactive.''.
    (b) Revised Definition Under Interagency Program for Trauma 
Research.--Paragraph (3) of section 1261(h) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-61(h)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(3) The term `trauma' means an injury resulting from 
        exposure to--
                    ``(A) a mechanical force; or
                    ``(B) another extrinsic agent, including an 
                extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, 
                or radioactive.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 339

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 3548

                          [Report No. 113-458]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the 
    definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, 
                radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 20, 2014

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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