114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 648 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE 

5 PROGRAMS. 

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

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

8 inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

9 SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN 

10 TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS. 

11 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR COMPETITIVE

12 GRANTS FOR REGIONALIZED SYSTEMS FOR EMERGENCY

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

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

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

16 end; 

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

18 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

20 paragraph: 

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

22 more than 50 percent of such amounts remaining 

23 for such fiscal year after application of paragraphs 

24 (1) and (2) shall be allocated for the purpose of car25 rying out section 1204.’’. 
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1 (b) CLARIFICATIONS UNDER TRAUMA SYSTEMS FOR2 MULA GRANTS REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE AMER3 ICAN BURN ASSOCIATION.—Section 1213 of the Public 

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

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

6 a fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) contains national 

7 standards and requirements of the American Burn 

8 Association for the designation of verified burn cen9 ters,’’ after ‘‘such entity,’’; 

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

11 the American Academy of Pediatrics,’’ and inserting 

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

13 fiscal year after fiscal year 2015) the American 

14 Burn Association,’’; and 

15 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

18 after the date of the enactment of the Trauma 

19 Systems and Regionalization of Emergency 

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

21 and 

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

23 the American Academy of Pediatrics’’ and in24 serting ‘‘the American Academy of Pediatrics, 

25 and (with respect to the update pursuant to the 
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1 Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emer2 gency Care Reauthorization Act) the American 

3 Burn Association’’. 

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

5 of the Public Health Service Act is amended— 

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

7 18(c)(2)), in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

9 1232(b)’’; and 

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

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

12 1, 2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 

2015. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 648 

AN ACT 

To amend title XII of the Public Health Service 

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