The Committee on Energy and Commerce has scheduled a markup on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building to consider H.R. 1281, “The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act," H.R. 3548, “The Improving Trauma Care Act," H.R. 4080, “The Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act," and H.R. 1528, “The Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act."
H.R. 2181, “The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act," introduced by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), would reauthorize the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2008 to continue federal activities that assist states in improving their newborn screening programs, supporting parent and provider newborn screening education, and ensuring laboratory quality and surveillance. The bill would also continue research on newborn screening at the National Institutes of Health.
H.R. 3548, “The Improving Trauma Care Act," introduced by Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH), would amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the definition of trauma by including injuries caused by thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive force. These injuries are commonly treated by burn centers.
H.R. 4080, “The Trauma systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act," introduced by Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) and Rep. Gene Greene (D-TX), would reauthorize Trauma Care Systems Planning Grants, which support state and rural development of trauma systems. It would also reauthorize pilot projects to implement and assess regionalized emergency care models.
H.R. 1528, “The Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act," introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-OR), would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that a veterinarian who has registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration may transport, administer, and dispense controlled substances, in the regular course of veterinary practice, without having to obtain separate registrations for each activity. This bill would allow veterinarians to dispense substances in the usual course of veterinary practice at a site other than their registered principal place of business, as long as the veterinarian is licensed in each state in which they practice.
An electronic copy of the legislation can be found on the Energy and Commerce Committee’s website here. A background memo, amendments, and votes will be available at the same link as they are posted.
