Public Law 118-84 | Public Law 118–84: To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program, and for other purposes.

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PUBLIC LAW 118–84—SEPT. 26, 2024

138 STAT. 1544

Public Law

118–84

118th Congress

An Act

To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program, and for other purposes.

Sept. 26, 2024

[S. 265]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act.

SECTION 1.

42 USC 201 note.

SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “

Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act

” or the “

SIREN Reauthorization Act

”.

SEC. 2.

RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Section 330J of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–15)

is amended

—

(1)

in subsection (a), by

striking

“the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (referred to in this section as the ‘Secretary’)” and

inserting

“the Assistant Secretary,”;

(2)

in subsection (c)—

(A)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in subparagraph (C), by

striking

“; and” and

inserting

a semicolon; and

(ii)

adding

at the end the following:

“(E)

ensure emergency medical services personnel are trained on mental health and substance use disorders and care for individuals with such disorders in emergency situations; and”

; and

(B)

in paragraph (2)—

(i)

in subparagraph (B), by

striking

“; or” and

inserting

a semicolon;

(ii)

in subparagraph (C), by

striking

the period and

inserting

“; or”; and

(iii)

adding

at the end the following:

“(D)

acquire drugs or devices approved, cleared, or otherwise legally marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for emergency treatment of known or suspected overdose.”

;

(3)

striking

subsection (f);

(4)

redesignating

subsection (g) as subsection (f);

(5)

in subsection (f)(1), as so redesignated, by

striking

“2019 through 2023” and

inserting

“2024 through 2028”;

(6)

redesignating

such section 330J

42 USC 254c–15, 290ee–10.

as section 553 of the Public Health Service Act; and138 STAT. 1545

(7)

by transferring such section 553, as so redesignated, to appear at the end of part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.).

Approved September 26, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 265 (H.R. 4646):

HOUSE REPORTS: ┐No. 118–532 (Comm. on Energy and Commerce) accompanying H.R. 4646.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 169 (2023):

Dec. 13, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 170 (2024):

Sept. 17, considered and passed House.

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Public Law 118–84: To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program, and for other purposes.

SHORT TITLE.

RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 265 (H.R. 4646):

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

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