Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007
Latest action · Mar 29, 2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 16, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) collect, compile, and disseminate information on achievements and problems in providing trauma care and emergency medical services; and (2) promote the collection and categorization of trauma data in a consistent and standardized manner.
(Sec. 3) Removes authorization for the National Clearinghouse on Trauma Care and Emergency Medical Services.
(Sec. 4) Allows the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to carry out demonstration projects to improve emergency medical services in rural areas by increasing communication and coordination with state trauma systems.
(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to make grants to states, political subdivisions, or consortia thereof to improve access to and enhance the development of trauma care systems. Requires grant funds be used to: (1) integrate and broaden the reach of such a system; (2) strengthen, develop, and improve an existing system; (3) expand communications between the system and emergency medical services through improved equipment or a telemedicine system; (4) improve data collection and retention; or (5) increase education, training, and technical assistance opportunities. Requires the Secretary to give preference in awarding grants to applicants that: (1) have developed a process, using national standards, for designating trauma centers; (2) recognize protocols for the delivery of seriously injured patients to trauma centers; (3) implement a process for evaluating the performance of the trauma system; and (4) agree to participate in specified information systems by collecting, providing, and sharing information. Requires the Secretary to give priority to applicants that will use the grants to focus on improving access to trauma care systems. Requires the Secretary to give special consideration to projects that demonstrate strong state or local support.
(Sec. 6) Revises the matching requirements for states to be eligible for grants to improve emergency medical services by decreasing the amount of matching funds required after the fourth and subsequent years of grant payments to the state.
(Sec. 7) 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.
(Sec. 8) Prohibits the Secretary from making trauma grants to a state unless the state submits to the Secretary any changes to, and any plans to address deficiencies in, the trauma care component.
(Sec. 9) Removes the requirement that states, in order to receive trauma grant funds, must agree not to expend such payments to purchase any major medical or communication equipment, ambulances, or aircraft.
(Sec. 10) Removes provisions related to annual reporting requirements for states.
(Sec. 11) Sets forth reporting requirements.
(Sec. 12) Authorizes appropriation for FY2008-FY2012.
(Sec. 13) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for residency training programs in emergency medicine.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 16, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-DE | Joseph R. Biden Jr. | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 16, 2007 |
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 16, 2007Markup Mar 15, 2007Reported Mar 29, 2007 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Mar 29, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 98.
- Mar 15, 2007Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Feb 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Feb 16, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2168-2169)
- Feb 16, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2169-2171)
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 S2168Text printed S2169–S2171 | Jack Reed D-RI (text) | Feb 16, 2007 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-400 | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008903 pages | Appropriations Committee | Mar 19, 2007–Jun 22, 2007 |
| — | DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008299 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jan 24, 2007 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 727 | Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007 | Related bill | May 3, 2007 |
Titles 3
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 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Access to health care
- Ambulances
- Authorization
- Biological warfare
- Child health
- Communication in medicine
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuing education
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Disasters
- Distance education
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Families
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal-state relations
- Geriatrics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Governmental investigations
- Head injuries
- Health
- Health information systems
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Licenses
- Medical education
- Medical records
- Medical research
- Medical residents
- Medical statistics
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nurses
- Paramedical personnel
- Physicians
- Planning
- Rural health
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Telemedicine
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trauma care
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2007Reported to Senate
- Feb 16, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
