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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4080 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4080

  To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
         certain trauma care programs, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2014

 Mr. Burgess (for himself and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
         certain trauma care programs, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trauma Systems and Regionalization 
of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE PROGRAMS.

    Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-
32(a)) is amended by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2019''.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS AND CLARIFICATIONS TO CERTAIN TRAUMA CARE 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Allocation of Funds for Competitive Grants for Regionalized 
Systems for Emergency Care Response.--Section 1232(c) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-31(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014, not more 
        than 50 percent of such amounts remaining for such fiscal year 
        after application of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be allocated 
        for the purpose of carrying out section 1204.''.
    (b) Clarifications Under Trauma Systems Formula Grants Requirements 
Relating to the American Burn Association.--Section 1213 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d-13) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ``and (for a fiscal 
        year after fiscal year 2014) contains national standards and 
        requirements of the American Burn Association for the 
        designation of verified burn centers,'' after ``such entity,'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking ``and the American 
        Academy of Pediatrics,'' and inserting ``the American Academy 
        of Pediatrics, and (for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2014) 
        the American Burn Association''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``and not later than 1 year after the date of 
                the enactment of the Trauma Systems and Regionalization 
                of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act'' after ``Act of 
                2007''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and the 
                American Academy of Pediatrics'' and inserting ``the 
                American Academy of Pediatrics, and (with respect to 
                the update pursuant to the Trauma Systems and 
                Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act) 
                the American Burn Association''.
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