public-law-113-152•Public Law 113–152: To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.
Public Law 113–152: To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.
public-law-113-152Public Law 113-152Statute
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PUBLIC LAW 113–152—AUG. 8, 2014
128 STAT. 1825
Public Law
113–152
113th Congress
An Act
To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents.
Aug. 8, 2014
[H.R. 3548]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014.
42 USC 201 note.
SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “
Improving Trauma Care Act of 2014
”.SEC. 2.
TRAUMA DEFINITION.
(a)
Revised Definition Under Trauma Systems Grants Programs.—
Paragraph (4) of section 1231 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–31) .
is amended
to read as follows:“(4)
Trauma.—
The term ‘
trauma
’ means an injury resulting from exposure to—“(A)
a mechanical force; or
“(B)
another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.”
(b)
Revised Definition Under Interagency Program for Trauma Research.—
Paragraph (3) of section 1261(h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–61(h)) .
is amended
to read as follows:“(3)
The term ‘
trauma
’ means an injury resulting from exposure to—“(A)
a mechanical force; or
“(B)
another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.”
Approved August 8, 2014.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3548 (S. 2406):
HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 113–458 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014):
June 24, considered and passed House.
July 31, considered and passed Senate.
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