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S. 265 — what changed

Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act

From Reported in Senate to Engrossed in Senate. 1 section amended between Reported in Senate and Engrossed in Senate.

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)
changed 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 for Mental Health and Substance Use,”;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”

(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:

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

(3)
by striking subsection (f);
(4)
changed by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and(f);
(5)
changed in subsection (f)(1), as so redesignated, by striking “2019 through 2023” and inserting “2024 through 2028”.2028”;
(6)
added by redesignating such section 330J as section 553 of the Public Health Service Act; and
(7)
added 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.).