Title: Hometown Heroes Relief Act of 2017
Policy area: Health

Summary:
Hometown Heroes Relief Act of 2017
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and revises the Rural Emergency Medical Service Training and Equipment Assistance Program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4390 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4390

    To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and 
 equipment assistance program under section 330J of the Public Health 
                              Service Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2017

  Mr. Gianforte (for himself and Mr. Duffy) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and 
 equipment assistance program under section 330J of the Public Health 
                              Service Act.

    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 ``Hometown Heroes Relief Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING AND 
              EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 330J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-15) 
is amended by striking subsections (c) through (g) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--An entity shall use amounts received under a 
grant made under subsection (a) of this section, either directly or 
through grants to emergency medical service squads that are located in, 
or that serve residents of, a nonmetropolitan statistical area, an area 
designated as a rural area by any law or regulation of a State, or a 
rural census tract of a metropolitan statistical area (as determined 
under the most recent Goldsmith Modification, originally published in a 
notice of availability of funds in the Federal Register on February 27, 
1992, 57 Fed. Reg. 6725), to--
            ``(1) train emergency medical service personnel in 
        emergency response, injury prevention, safety awareness, and 
        other topics relevant to the delivery of emergency medical 
        services;
            ``(2) fund specific training to meet Federal or State 
        certification requirements;
            ``(3) develop new ways to educate emergency health care 
        providers through the use of technology-enhanced educational 
        methods (such as distance learning);
            ``(4) acquire emergency medical services equipment; and
            ``(5) acquire personal protective equipment for emergency 
        medical services personnel as required by the Occupational 
        Safety and Health Administration.
    ``(d) Emergency Medical Services.--In this section, the term 
`emergency medical services'--
            ``(1) means resources used by a qualified public or private 
        nonprofit entity, or by any other entity recognized as 
        qualified by the State involved, to deliver medical care 
        outside of a medical facility under emergency conditions that 
        occur as a result of the condition of the patient; and
            ``(2) includes services delivered by an emergency medical 
        services provider (either compensated or volunteer) or other 
        provider recognized by the State involved that is licensed or 
        certified by the State as an emergency medical technician or 
        its equivalent (as determined by the State), a registered 
        nurse, a physician assistant, or a physician that provides 
        services similar to services provided by such an emergency 
        medical services provider.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each fiscal years 
        2018 through 2022.
            ``(2) Administrative costs.--The Secretary may use not more 
        than 10 percent of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1) 
        for a fiscal year for the administrative expenses of carrying 
        out this section.''.
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