U.S. Congress - H.R.5942 National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008
H.R.5942 - National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008
To ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology. view all titles (2)
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- Short: National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008 as introduced.
- Official: To ensure the continued and future availability of lifesaving trauma health care in the United States and to prevent further trauma center closures and downgrades by assisting trauma centers with uncompensated care costs, core mission services, emergency needs, and information technology. as introduced.
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5/1/2008--Introduced.National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions governing grants to trauma centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish four programs to award grants to public or nonprofit traumaOfficial Summary
5/1/2008--Introduced.National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions governing grants to trauma centers. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish four programs to award grants to public or nonprofit trauma centers to:
(1) assist in defraying substantial uncompensated care costs;
(2) further a center's core mission;
(3) provide emergency relief to ensure continued and future availability of trauma service; and
(4) support the development and maintenance of innovative information technology systems. Sets forth:
(1) minimum qualifications of eligible centers, including requirements for levels of uncompensated care provided; and
(2) preferences for awarding grants among level I, II, III, and IV trauma centers and among centers based on the changing availability of or demand for trauma care in the area served and financial need. Requires grantees to submit a long-term plan for providing trauma care.
Requires the Secretary to:
(1) annually determine and notify centers of their eligibility to receive a grant; and
(2) periodically report on the status of such grants, the financial stability of the centers, the populations using the centers, and the effectiveness and efficiency of center activities.
Authorizes appropriations for such grants for FY2009-FY2014 and specifies percentages to be reserved for the different types of grants.
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TraumaSurvivor.org » Congressman Towns Introduces Legislation To ...
The bill in question is H.R.5942. A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA], S. 2319âPlease contact BOTH your senators and express your support for this bill as well. ...
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The Congress should also enact and fully fund the National Trauma Center Stabilization Act, H.R. 5942. I found one link to a comment made by Dr. Colleen Conway Welsh, the Dean of the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University and an ...
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 5942, The National Trauma Center ...
US Congress: HR 5942, The National Trauma Center Stabilization Act of 2008.
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