In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FIRE SAFETY OF CAMPUS BUILDINGS.

    Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (N);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (O) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(P) the fire safety report prepared by the institution 
        pursuant to subsection (h).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Disclosure of Fire Safety Standards and Measures.--
            ``(1) Fire safety reports required.--Each eligible 
        institution participating in any program under this title 
        shall, beginning in academic year 2001-2002, and each year 
        thereafter, prepare, publish, and distribute, through 
        appropriate publications or mailings, to all current students 
        and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or 
        employment upon request, an annual fire safety report 
        containing at least the following information with respect to 
        the campus fire safety practices and standards of that 
        institution:
                    ``(A) A statement that identifies each student 
                housing facility of the institution, and whether or not 
                that facility is equipped with a fire sprinkler system 
                or other fire safety systems, or both.
                    ``(B) Statistics concerning the occurrence on 
                campus, during the 2 preceding calendar years for which 
                data are available, of fires and false fire alarms in 
                student housing facilities.
                    ``(C) For each such occurrence, a statement of the 
                human injuries or deaths and the structural damage 
                caused by the occurrence.
                    ``(D) Information regarding fire alarms, smoke 
                alarms, the presence of adequate fire escape planning 
                or protocols (as defined in local fire codes), rules on 
                portable electrical appliances, smoking and open flames 
                (such as candles), regular mandatory supervised fire 
                drills, and planned and future improvement in fire 
                safety.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to require 
        particular policies, procedures, or practices by institutions 
        of higher education with respect to fire safety.
            ``(3) Reports.--Each institution participating in any 
        program under this title shall make periodic reports to the 
        campus community on fires and false fire alarms that are 
        reported to local fire departments in a manner that will aid 
        the prevention of similar occurrences.
            ``(4) Reports to secretary.--On an annual basis, each 
        institution participating in any program under this title shall 
        submit to the Secretary a copy of the statistics required to be 
        made available under paragraph (1)(B). The Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) review such statistics;
                    ``(B) make copies of the statistics submitted to 
                the Secretary available to the public; and
                    ``(C) in coordination with representatives of 
                institutions of higher education, identify exemplary 
                fire safety policies, procedures, and practices and 
                disseminate information concerning those policies, 
                procedures, and practices that have proven effective in 
                the reduction of campus fires.
            ``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection, the term `campus' 
        has the meaning provided in subsection (f)(6).''.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS BY SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

    Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education shall prepare and submit to the Congress a 
report containing--
            (1) an analysis of the current status of fire safety 
        systems in college and university facilities, including 
        sprinkler systems;
            (2) an analysis of the appropriate fire safety standards to 
        apply to these facilities, which the Secretary shall prepare 
        after consultation with such fire safety experts, 
        representatives of institutions of higher education, and other 
        Federal agencies as the Secretary, in the Secretary's 
        discretion, considers appropriate;
            (3) an estimate of the cost of bringing all nonconforming 
        dormitories and other campus buildings up to current new 
        building codes; and
            (4) recommendations from the Secretary concerning the best 
        means of meeting fire safety standards in all college 
        facilities, including recommendations for methods to fund such 
        cost.
Example Output: Campus Fire Safety Right-to-Know Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each eligible institution participating in any program under title IV (Student Assistance) to: (1) prepare, publish, and distribute to all current students and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or employment upon request, an annual fire safety report which discloses specified types of information about that institution's campus fire safety standards and practices; (2) make periodic reports to the campus community on fires and false alarms that are reported to local fire departments, to aid in preventing similar occurrences; and (3) submit annually to the Secretary of Education a copy of statistics on campus occurrences of fires and false fire alarms.Directs the Secretary to: (1) review such statistics; (2) make copies available to the public; (3) identify exemplary fire safety policies, procedures, and practices, and disseminate information concerning those policies, procedures, and practices that have proven effective in the reduction of campus fires; and (4) report to the Congress analyses of the current status of fire safety systems in college and university facilities, and of the appropriate fire safety standards to apply to these facilities, as well as cost estimates and recommendations.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF URGENT CARE AND EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT OF 
              VETERANS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Payment of Reasonable Costs of Urgent Care.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1725 
        the following new section:
``Sec. 1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts with 
urgent care providers under which the Secretary pays the urgent care 
provider the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible 
veterans by the urgent care provider.
    ``(b) Eligible Veterans.--A veteran is an eligible veteran for 
purposes of this section if the veteran--
            ``(1) is enrolled in the system of annual patient 
        enrollment established and operated under section 1705(a) of 
        this title; and
            ``(2) has received health care under this chapter during 
        the two-year period preceding the date on which the veteran 
        receives urgent care under this section.
    ``(c) Cost Sharing.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall establish a cost-sharing amount that eligible veterans 
shall pay to the Secretary to receive urgent care from an urgent care 
provider under this section.
    ``(2) The cost-sharing amount established under paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to an eligible veteran--
            ``(A) if the eligible veteran is admitted to a hospital for 
        treatment or observation after receiving urgent care under this 
        section; or
            ``(B) if the eligible veteran is receiving urgent care 
        under this section for the treatment of a service-connected 
        disability or condition.
    ``(d) Treatment of Department.--Notwithstanding the coverage of an 
eligible veteran under a health-plan contract, the Secretary shall be 
considered the primary payer for any urgent care provided to the 
eligible veteran under this section.
    ``(e) Types of Providers.--The Secretary shall ensure that all 
types of urgent care providers, including local urgent care providers, 
have an opportunity to enter into a contract with the Secretary under 
this section.
    ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `health-plan contract' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 1725(f) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `urgent care' has the meaning given that 
        term by the Secretary.
            ``(3) The term `urgent care provider' means a health care 
        provider that provides urgent care at a non-Department 
        facility.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 1725 the following new item:

``1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care.''.
            (3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is encouraged to contract 
        with urgent care centers that are accredited by a nationally 
        recognized accrediting body or organization to carry out 
        section 1725A of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
        paragraph (1).
    (b) Establishment of Cost-Sharing Amount for Veterans Receiving 
Emergency Room Care From Department.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a cost-sharing 
        amount that veterans shall pay to the Secretary to receive care 
        at an emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Exception.--The cost-sharing amount established under 
        paragraph (1) shall not apply to a veteran if the veteran--
                    (A) receives care for a service-connected (as 
                defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) 
                disability or condition;
                    (B) meets a hardship exception established by the 
                Secretary for purposes of this subsection; or
                    (C) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or 
                observation after receiving care at an emergency room 
                of the Department.
    (c) Limitation on Cost-Sharing Amounts.--The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may not require a veteran to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts 
if the veteran seeks urgent care under section 1725A of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), and care at an 
emergency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the same 
condition during a period determined by the Secretary for purposes of 
this subsection.
    (d) Report on Use by Veterans of Urgent and Emergency Room Care.--
Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and not less frequently than once every two years thereafter, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report on the use by veterans 
eligible for health care under the laws administered by the Secretary 
of--
            (1) urgent care facilities; and
            (2) emergency room facilities of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs.
Example Output: Veterans Emergency Room Relief Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to enter into contracts under which the VA pays health care providers the reasonable costs of urgent care provided to eligible veterans at non-VA facilities. An &quot;eligible veteran&quot; is one who: (1) is enrolled in the VA health care system, and (2) has received health care through the VA during the two years preceding the date on which the veteran receives urgent care. The VA shall establish a cost-sharing amount that a veteran shall pay to the VA to receive such urgent care. Such amount shall not apply to a veteran who: (1) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving urgent care, or (2) is receiving urgent care for the treatment of a service-connected disability or condition.  The VA shall: (1) be considered the primary payer for the urgent care provided, and (2) ensure that all types of urgent care providers have an opportunity to enter into such a contract.  The VA also shall establish a cost-sharing amount that veterans shall pay to receive care at a VA emergency room. Such amount shall not apply to a veteran who: (1) is receiving care for a service-connected disability or condition, (2) meets a hardship exception, or (3) is admitted to a hospital for treatment or observation after receiving care at a VA emergency room.  The VA may not require a veteran to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts if the veteran seeks urgent care under this bill and care at a VA emergency room for the same condition during a period determined by the VA.  The VA shall report every two years on the use by veterans of urgent care facilities and of VA emergency room facilities.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tuberculosis Prevention and Control 
Amendments of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) between 10,000,000 and 15,000,000 people in the United 
        States have been infected with tuberculosis, nearly 26,000 new 
        active cases are reported each year, and over 1,700 
        tuberculosis-related deaths occur each year;
            (2) the number of reported cases of tuberculosis has risen 
        from 22,201 in 1985 to 26,673 in 1992, representing 51,000 more 
        cases than those that would have been expected since 1985;
            (3) a recent national survey discovered that 14.4 percent 
        of all active tuberculosis cases were resistant to at least one 
        drug;
            (4) drug resistant tuberculosis strains can cost more than 
        $150,000 to treat, and even then, between 40 and 60 percent of 
        the patients receiving such treatment die;
            (5) in 1992, tuberculosis cases were reported to the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by all 50 States, 
        and cases resistant to one or more tuberculosis drugs were 
        reported in at least 36 States, the District of Columbia and 
        Puerto Rico;
            (6) in 1992, 27 percent of the reported cases of 
        tuberculosis occurred in foreign born persons;
            (7) one third of the world's population harbors 
        tuberculosis; and
            (8) among infectious diseases tuberculosis is still the 
        number one killer in the world with an estimated 8,000,000 new 
        cases each year and 2,900,000 deaths.

SEC. 3. PROGRAMS OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.

    (a) Provision of Services for Prevention, Control, and 
Elimination.--Section 317(j)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b(j)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``and'' 
after ``1991,'' and all that follows through ``1995'' and inserting the 
following: ``, $104,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1997''.
    (b) State Tuberculosis Plan.--Section 317(j) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b(j)) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new paragraph:
    ``(3)(A) With respect to an application submitted by a State for a 
grant under this section for the prevention, control and elimination of 
tuberculosis, such application shall contain a State plan that 
demonstrates that amounts received under the grant will be expended in 
a manner that ensures that tuberculosis services will be provided to 
those at the highest risk of contracting tuberculosis, or in those 
areas with the highest rates of tuberculosis infection.
    ``(B) Such plans shall demonstrate that the applicant will work 
closely with and provide support to entities receiving funds under 
sections 329, 330, 340, 340A, or titles V or XIX, and to correctional 
facilities, and nongovernmental organizations such as community-based 
organizations.
    ``(C) Such plans shall demonstrate that grant funds will be used 
for directly observed therapy or other effective interventions with 
respect to populations with the highest rates of active infection with 
tuberculosis.''.
    (c) Research, Demonstration Projects, Education, and Training.--
            (1) In general.--Section 317(k)(2) of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
                as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting ``(A)'' after the paragraph 
                designation; and
                    (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
                subparagraphs:
    ``(B) In support of grants referred to in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary may conduct or support applied research and training 
regarding the surveillance, diagnostic methodologies, prevention, 
control, and treatment of tuberculosis, including intramural projects 
and extramural projects.
    ``(C) For the purpose of carrying out subparagraph (A), there are 
authorized to be appropriated $26,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 
1997. The authorization of appropriations established in the preceding 
sentence is in addition to the authorization of appropriations 
established in subsection (j)(2) for carrying out this paragraph.''.
            (2) Technical amendment.--Section 317(j)(2) of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b(j)(2)) is amended by 
        striking the last sentence.

SEC. 4. RESEARCH THROUGH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
              DISEASES.

    (a) Certain Duties.--
            (1) In general.--Subpart 6 of part C of title IV of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285f) is amended by 
        inserting after section 446 the following section:

        ``research and research training regarding tuberculosis

    ``Sec. 447. In carrying out section 446, the Director of the 
Institute shall conduct or support basic research and research training 
regarding the cause, diagnosis, early detection and treatment of 
tuberculosis.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 446 of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285f) is amended by inserting after 
        ``Diseases'' the following: ``(hereafter in this subpart 
        referred to as the `Institute')''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 408(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 284c(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) For the purpose of carrying out section 447 (relating 
        to research on tuberculosis through the National Institute on 
        Allergy and Infectious Diseases), there are authorized to be 
        appropriated $46,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 
        1997. The authorization of appropriations established in the 
        preceding sentence may not be construed as terminating the 
        availability for such purpose of any other authorization of 
        appropriations.''.

SEC. 5. RESEARCH THROUGH THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.

    Chapter V of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is amended by 
inserting after section 512 (21 U.S.C. 360b) the following new section:

``SEC. 512A. TUBERCULOSIS DRUG AND DEVICE RESEARCH.

    ``(a) Authority.--The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall 
implement a tuberculosis drug and device research program under which 
the Commissioner shall--
            ``(1) provide assistance to other Federal agencies for the 
        development of tuberculosis protocols;
            ``(2) review and evaluate medical devices designed for the 
        diagnosis and control of airborne tuberculosis; and
            ``(3) conduct research concerning drugs or devices to be 
        used in diagnosing, controlling and preventing tuberculosis.
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $5,000,000 for each fiscal 
year.''.
Example Output:
Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Amendments of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for:  (1) the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis; (2) research, demonstration projects, public information, and education concerning the prevention, control, and elimination of tuberculosis; and (3) research relating to tuberculosis through the National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 
Amends the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize appropriations for a tuberculosis drug and device research program.