[118th Congress Public Law 84]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 118-84
118th Congress
An Act
To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and
equipment assistance program, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 26,
2024 - [S. 265]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Supporting and
Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act.>>
SECTION 1. <<NOTE: 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) by 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) by 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) by striking subsection (f);
(4) by 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) by redesignating such section 330J <<NOTE: 42 USC 254c-
15, 290ee-10.>> as section 553 of the Public Health Service
Act; and
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(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):
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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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