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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3980 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
to award grants for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency 
department operations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER (for himself and Mr. ESPAILLAT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Administrator of the Health Re-
sources and Services Administration, to award grants 
for expanding, modernizing, or streamlining emergency 
department operations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamline Emergency 
Care Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) AWARDS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), 
acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources 
and Services Administration, shall carry out a program 
of awarding grants to eligible entities for expanding, mod-
ernizing, or streamlining emergency department oper-
ations. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In this section, the term 
‘‘eligible entity’’ means a health care provider that— 
(1) is a nonprofit organization; and 
(2) at the time of applying for a grant under 
this section, is already operating an emergency de-
partment. 
(c) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant under sub-
section (a) shall not exceed $500,000. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant received under this 
section may be used for any of the following: 
(1) The hiring and retention of individuals to 
work in the emergency department. 
(2) Optimizing and modernizing the capacity of 
an emergency department, and improving patient 
flow out of the emergency department, by— 
(A) repurposing or renovating hospital 
spaces; 
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(B) implementing new processes; or 
(C) purchasing equipment. 
(3) Triage and other training to increase the 
capacity of existing personnel to assist in improving 
emergency department patient care and flow. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the third fis-
cal year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate a report on the effectiveness and impacts of 
the grant program under this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030. 
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