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; 6 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| R-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 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 2, 2005Markup Feb 9, 2005Reported Feb 2, 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, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S894)
- Feb 2, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S894-895)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S894Text printed S894 | William H. Frist R-TN (text) | Feb 2, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- May 27, 2005S. 265, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2005<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 9, 2005</p>
- May 27, 2005S. 265, Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2005Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on February 9, 2005
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006313 pages | Appropriations Committee | Dec 31, 2005 |
| S. Hrg. 109-284 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006698 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 2, 2005–Jul 11, 2005 |
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding trauma care, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2005
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
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2006Reported to Senate
- Feb 2, 2005Introduced in Senate
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