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Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2005

Introduced: February 2, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 2006
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.
Feb 2, 2006
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi without amendment. With written report No. 109-215.
Feb 9, 2005
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 2, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S894-895)
Feb 2, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S894)
Feb 2, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to promote the collection and categorization of trauma data in a consistent and standardized manner.

Removes authorization for the National Clearinghouse on Trauma Care and Emergency Medical Services.

Allows the Secretary to make grants to entities to carry out demonstration projects to improve emergency medical services in rural areas by increasing communication and coordination with State trauma systems.

Revises the matching requirements for States to be eligible for grants to improve emergency medical services in rural areas.

Prohibits the Secretary from making trauma care grants to a State unless the State's emergency medical services plan coordinates planning for trauma systems with State disaster emergency planning and bioterrorism hospital preparedness planning. Requires the Secretary to update the model plan for the designation of trauma centers and for triage, transfer, and transportation policies.

Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine or another appropriate entity to conduct a study on trauma care and trauma systems research.

What's happening now February 2, 2006

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1