IB 

Union Calendar No. 28 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 648 

[Report No. 114–43] 

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 

MARCH 16, 2015 

Additional sponsors: Mr. RUSH, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LEVIN, 

Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DESJARLAIS, 

Ms. NORTON, Mr. KILMER, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HARPER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and 

Mr. BLUMENAUER

MARCH 16, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 648 RH

A BILL 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to 

reauthorize certain trauma care programs, and for other 

purposes. 


smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 648 RH

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’’. 

11 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN 

12 TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COMPETITIVE

14 GRANTS FOR REGIONALIZED SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY

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

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

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

18 end; 

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

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

22 paragraph: 

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

24 more than 50 percent of such amounts remaining 

25 for such fiscal year after application of paragraphs 


smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 648 RH

1 (1) and (2) shall be allocated for the purpose of car2 rying out section 1204.’’. 

3 (b) CLARIFICATIONS UNDER TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOR4 MULA GRANTS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AMER5 ICAN BURN ASSOCIATION.—Section 1213 of the Public 

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

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

8 a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) contains national 

9 standards and requirements of the American Burn 

10 Association for the designation of verified burn cen11 ters,’’ after ‘‘such entity,’’; 

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

13 the American Academy of Pediatrics,’’ and inserting 

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

15 fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) the American 

16 Burn Association,’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

20 after the date of the enactment of the Trauma 

21 Systems and Regionalization of Emergency 

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

23 and 

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

25 the American Academy of Pediatrics’’ and inVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:22 Mar 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H648.RH H648

smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 648 RH

1 serting ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, 

2 and (with respect to the update pursuant to the 

3 Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emer4 gency Care Reauthorization Act) the American 

5 Burn Association’’. 

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

7 of the Public Health Service Act is amended— 

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

9 18(c)(2)), in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

11 1232(b)’’; and 

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

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

14 1, 2017’’. 


smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with BILLS
Union Calendar No. 28 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 648 

[Report No. 114–43] 

A BILL 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service 

and for other purposes. Act to reauthorize certain trauma care programs, 

MARCH 16, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


smartinez on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with BILLS