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42 U.S.C. § 300d–3 — Grants to improve trauma care in rural areas

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 101-590 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 261 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must award grants to help improve trauma care and emergency medical services in rural areas. Eligible groups are public or private entities that provide rural trauma care, and priority goes to those serving rural areas a state has already flagged as underserved. Applicants must apply as the Secretary requires, and grant recipients must report back as asked.

(a) In general The Secretary must award grants for research and demonstration projects that improve emergency medical services and trauma care in rural areas. These projects can cover new uses of technology, training and education, transporting badly injured patients, access to care before the hospital, evaluating and sharing best practices, clinical research, and better coordination with State or Tribal trauma systems. (b) Eligible entities (1) To get a grant, a group must be a public or private entity that provides trauma care in a rural area. (2) The Secretary must give priority to groups that will serve a rural area a State has already identified under section 300d–14(d)(1). (c) Application requirement The Secretary can only give a grant if a group submits an application in the form, manner, and with the agreements, assurances, and information the Secretary decides are needed. (d) Reports A group that gets a grant must send the Secretary whatever reports the Secretary requires to oversee the program.
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(a) In general

The Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of carrying out research and demonstration projects to support the improvement of emergency medical services and trauma care in rural areas through the development of innovative uses of technology, training and education, transportation of seriously injured patients for the purposes of receiving such emergency medical services, access to prehospital care, evaluation of protocols for the purposes of improvement of outcomes and dissemination of any related best practices, activities to facilitate clinical research, as applicable and appropriate, and increasing communication and coordination with applicable State or Tribal trauma systems.

(b) Eligible entities
(1) In general

To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a public or private entity that provides trauma care in a rural area.

(2) Priority

In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that will provide services under the grant in any rural area identified by a State under section 300d–14(d)(1) of this title.

(c) Requirement of application

The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) unless an application for the grant is submitted to the Secretary and the application is in such form, is made in such manner, and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.

(d) Reports

An entity that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary such reports as the Secretary may require to inform administration of the program under this section.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1202, formerly § 1204, as added Pub. L. 101–590, § 3, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2918; renumbered § 1203 and amended Pub. L. 103–183, title VI, § 601(b)(2), (f)(1), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2238, 2239; Pub. L. 105–392, title IV, § 401(a)(1), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3587; renumbered § 1202 and amended Pub. L. 110–23, §§ 3(2), 4, May 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 90, 91; Pub. L. 117–328, div. FF, title II, § 2113(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5723.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 101-590 · 104 Stat. 2918
  • 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-183 · 107 Stat. 2238, 2239
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-392 · 112 Stat. 3587
  • 2007Amended · Pub. L. 110-23 · 121 Stat. 90, 91
  • 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-328 · 136 Stat. 5723

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-590 on 1944-07-01.

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