Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act of 1988

Summary

Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Improvement Act of 1987 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Clearinghouse on Emergency Medical Services. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the application procedure for Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to provide the State officer responsible for the administration of the State highway safety program an opportunity to participate in the development of any plan relating to emergency medical services. Allows the State official responsible for the provision of emergency medical services the opportunity to participate in the development of the State highway safety program. Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to allow certain grant allotments to be used for the purchase of communications equipment. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to allow grants to be used for the establishment of a uniform emergency telephone number system if certain determinations are made by the Secretary. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) study the availability of radio frequency channels for emergency medical services communications; (2) establish a plan to ensure that the needs of emergency medical services communications are provided for in the allocations of frequencies; and (3) submit a report to the Congress containing such study and plan. Requires each State, beginning in FY 1989, to submit annual comprehensive emergency medical services and trauma care plans to the Secretary. Establishes a Trauma Care Block Grant program. Sets forth the requirements for the distribution and use of allotments. Sets forth application requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the financial impact of payments to trauma centers under the Medicare and Medicaid programs; and (2) the long-term economic effects of trauma.

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 13 September 1988

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 January 1987

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