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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 648 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain 

trauma care programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2015 

Mr. BURGESS (for himself and Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to 

reauthorize certain trauma care programs, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trauma Systems and 

5 Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE 

7 PROGRAMS. 

8 Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 300d–32(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN 

2 TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COMPETITIVE

4 GRANTS FOR REGIONALIZED SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY

5 CARE RESPONSE.—Section 1232(c) of the Public Health 

6 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–31(c)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015, not 

14 more than 50 percent of such amounts remaining 

15 for such fiscal year after application of paragraphs 

16 (1) and (2) shall be allocated for the purpose of car17 rying out section 1204.’’. 

18 (b) CLARIFICATIONS UNDER TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOR19 MULA GRANTS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AMER20 ICAN BURN ASSOCIATION.—Section 1213 of the Public 

21 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–13) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘and (for 

23 a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) contains national 

24 standards and requirements of the American Burn 

25 Association for the designation of verified burn cen26 ters,’’ after ‘‘such entity,’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

2 the American Academy of Pediatrics,’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, and (for a 

4 fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) the American 

5 Burn Association,’’; and 

6 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A), by inserting ‘‘and not later than 1 year 

9 after the date of the enactment of the Trauma 

10 Systems and Regionalization of Emergency 

11 Care Reauthorization Act’’ after ‘‘Act of 2007’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and 

14 the American Academy of Pediatrics’’ and in15 serting ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, 

16 and (with respect to the update pursuant to the 

17 Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emer18 gency Care Reauthorization Act) the American 

19 Burn Association’’. 

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part B of title XII 

21 of the Public Health Service Act is amended— 

22 (1) in section 1218(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300d– 

23 18(c)(2)), in the matter preceding subparagraph 

24 (A), by striking ‘‘1232(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

25 1232(b)’’; and 


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1 (2) in section 1222 (42 U.S.C. 300d–22), by 

2 striking ‘‘October 1, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘October 

3 1, 2017’’. 

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