[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 265 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.265
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four
An Act
To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and
equipment assistance program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 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 as section 553 of the
Public Health Service Act; and
(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.).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.