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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3527 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center 
national toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. ROSKAM, and Mr. 
KING of Iowa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
poison center national toll-free number, national media 
campaign, and grant program, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Poison Center Network 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF POISON CONTROL CENTERS 
NATIONAL TOLL-FREE NUMBER. 
Section 1271 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300d–71) is amended by striking subsection (b) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$700,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019 for 
the maintenance of the nationwide toll free phone number 
under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONWIDE MEDIA CAM-
PAIGN TO PROMOTE POISON CONTROL CEN-
TER UTILIZATION. 
Section 1272 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300d–72) is amended by striking subsection (d) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$800,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019.’’. 
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE POISON CONTROL CEN-
TER GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1273 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–73) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘certified’’ and inserting 
‘‘accredited’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘certification’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘accreditation’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘estab-
lish’’ and inserting ‘‘research, establish, imple-
ment’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(4) 
through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3), the 
following: 
‘‘(4) to research, improve, and enhance the 
communications and response capability and capac-
ity of the nation’s network of poison control centers 
to facilitate increased access to the Centers through 
the integration and modernization of the current 
poison control centers communications and data sys-
tem, including enhancing the network’s telephony, 
Internet, data and social networking technologies;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (5)’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘and respond’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
Internet communications, and to sustain and 
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enhance the poison control center’s network ca-
pability to respond’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CERTIFICATION’’ and inserting ‘‘ACCREDITA-
TION’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘certified’’ each place that 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘accredited’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘certification’’ each place 
that such term appears and inserting ‘‘accredi-
tation’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CERTIFICATION’’ and inserting ‘‘ACCREDITA-
TION’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the certification’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the accreditation’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a noncertified’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a nonaccredited’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘a certification’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an accreditation’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking the last sentence; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘exceed 5 years.’’ and 
inserting the following ‘‘exceed— 
‘‘(A) 5 years; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a nonaccredited poison 
control center operating pursuant to a waiver 
under this subsection as of October 1, 2014, 6 
years.’’; 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘for activities 
of the center’’ and inserting ‘‘for its activities’’; and 
(6) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$28,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. 
The Secretary may utilize an amount not to exceed 6 per-
cent of the amount appropriated under this preceding sen-
tence in each fiscal year for coordination, dissemination, 
technical assistance, program evaluation, data activities, 
and other program administration functions, which are de-
termined by the Secretary to be appropriate for carrying 
out the program under this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act and shall apply to grants made on or 
after October 1, 2014. 
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