Trauma Research and Access to Urgent Medical Attention Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3999
Sponsor: Rep. Greenwood, James C. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2004-03-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Accident prevention
Ambulances
Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Biological warfare
Brain
Child health
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Continuum of care
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Department of Health and Human Services
Disabled
Distance education
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Families
Federal aid to education
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Federal aid to research
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Governmental investigations
Head injuries
Health education
Health planning
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Medical centers
Medical education
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical statistics
Metropolitan areas
Mortality
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Paramedical personnel
Performance measurement
Quality of care
Regional medical programs
Rehabilitation of the disabled
Research centers
Research grants
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Standards
Telemedicine
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Trauma care
Urban affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: 
Trauma Research and Access to Urgent Medical Attention Act of 2004 or TRAUMA Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, with respect to trauma care, to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) conduct and support research, training, evaluations, and demonstration projects; (2) foster the development of appropriate, modern systems of care through the sharing of information among agencies and individuals involved in the study and provision of trauma care; (3) provide State and local agencies technical assistance, including the development of a model plan for triage, transfer, and transportation policies and for the designation of trauma centers; and (4) sponsor workshops and conferences.
 
Allows the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) establish and provide for the operation of information systems; and (2) collect, coordinate, and exchange information related to trauma system development or operation.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make matching grants to each State that submits an application and agrees to comply with specified requirements to improve access to and enhance the development of its trauma care systems. Allows additional grants to be made to States, political subdivisions, consortia of States or political subdivisions, and accredited schools of medicine for the same purposes.
 
Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to establish a comprehensive program of research on trauma, including the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of trauma-related injuries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-03-18
text: Introduced in House