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Union Calendar No. 66
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2205
[Report No. 103–122]
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs
relating to trauma care.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1993
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. TOWNS,
Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MCMILLAN, and Mr. GREEN-
WOOD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
JUNE 10, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. FRANKS of Connecticut, Mr.
MANTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey, and Mr. UPTON
JUNE 10, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend
programs relating to trauma care.
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 ‘‘Trauma Care Systems
Amendments of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. REVISIONS IN PROGRAMS RELATING TO TRAUMA
CARE.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 1201(a) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d) is amended
in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after
‘‘Secretary’’ the following: ‘‘, acting through the Director
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,’’.
(b) REPORTS BY STATES; EVALUATIONS BY COMP-
TROLLER
GENERAL.—Section 1216(c) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–16) is amended by
striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.
(c) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Section 1222 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–22) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘1992’’
and inserting ‘‘1995’’; and
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing sentence: ‘‘Such report shall include an as-
sessment of the extent to which Federal and State
efforts to develop systems of trauma care and to
designate trauma centers have reduced the incidence
of mortality, and the incidence of permanent disabil-
ity, resulting from trauma.’’.
(d) WAIVER REGARDING PURPOSE OF GRANTS.—
Section 1233 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300d–33) is repealed.
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Title XII of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d et seq.) is
amended—
(1) in section 1204(c), by inserting before the
period the following: ‘‘determines to be necessary to
carry out this section’’;
(2) in section 1212(a)(2)(A), by striking
‘‘1211(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘1211(b)’’;
(3) in section 1213(a)—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Act’’
and inserting ‘‘Act)’’;
(B) in paragraphs (8) and (9), by striking
‘‘to provide’’ each place such term appears and
inserting ‘‘provides for’’; and
(C) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘to con-
duct’’ and inserting ‘‘conducts’’; and
(4) in section 1231(3), by striking ‘‘Rico;’’ and
inserting ‘‘Rico,’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1232(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300d–32(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for the pur-
pose’’ and all that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘For the purpose of carrying out parts A and B, there
is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.’’.