A bill to amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend trauma care programs, and for other purposes.
Trauma Care Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to: (1) increase (from 12 to 13) the number of members of the Advisory Council on Trauma Care Systems; (2) include on the Council an individual who has been a trauma patient at a designated trauma center, to be appointed for a four-year term; and (3) require that at least four (currently, 25 percent) of the members be knowledgeable concerning rural areas.
Requires the Council to meet not less than once and, if the Chair determines necessary, up to four times each year (currently, at the call of the Chair and not less than once each three months).
Includes among requirements for State plans (in order to receive allotments) coordination and cooperation among bordering States with respect to areas in which logical geographic groupings across State borders would be appropriate (currently, among States that share any standard metropolitan statistical area).
Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the General Accounting Office to study and report to the appropriate congressional committees on the duplication of Federal emergency medical services and trauma activities.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7242-7243)
Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 93.
Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2205 as an amendment.
Senate passed companion measure H.R. 2205 in lieu of this measure by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S8269)
Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8269)
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