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Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1992

Introduced: February 19, 1992 See on congress.gov
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Mar 13, 1992
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Feb 19, 1992
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 19, 1992
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1992 - Amends title XII (Trauma Care) of the Public Health Service Act to apply the title to emergency medical services (including trauma care) and to modify the duties of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the title.

Establishes the Office of Emergency Medical Services.

Authorizes grants to States to improve the availability and quality of emergency medical services through the operation of State offices of emergency medical services.

Requires projects under existing provisions to include demonstration projects to establish telecommunications between rural medical facilities and medical facilities that have expertise or equipment useful to the rural facilities through telecommunications.

Authorizes appropriations for carrying out specified provisions of the title.

What's happening now March 13, 1992

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 9, 1992
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4256: Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1992. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4256/
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"H.R. 4256: Emergency Medical Services Amendments of 1992." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-4256/.
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