Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2005
Latest action · Feb 2, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 2, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2005 to Jun 14, 2006, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| I-VT | James M. Jeffords | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-MO | Jim Talent | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 2, 2005 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Feb 17, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Feb 17, 2005 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Jun 14, 2006 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2006Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Enzi without amendment. With written report No. 109-215.
- Feb 2, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.
- Feb 9, 2005Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Feb 2, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S894-895)
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5555 | Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2006 | Related bill | Sep 19, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Child health
- Communication in medicine
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic data interchange
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Health planning
- Health services administration
- Higher education
- Hospital care
- Hospitals
- Housing and Community Development
- Medical education
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medical residents
- Medical statistics
- Mortality
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Terrorism
- Trauma care
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