Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024

Floor Speech

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Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6960) to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children program.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6960

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 ``Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.

Section 1910(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300w-9(d)) is amended by striking ``and $22,334,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024'' and inserting ``$22,334,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, and $24,334,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029''.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6960, the Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act led by Representative Carter.

Recent data from the Health Resources and Services Administration suggests that emergency departments with high pediatric readiness have lower mortality rates among children with critical illness. This data also found that more than 1,400 pediatric deaths may have been avoided had all the surveyed emergency departments been well prepared.

H.R. 6960 reauthorizes the Emergency Medical Services for Children program, which provides support to States and schools of medicine to expand and improve emergency care for children.

This bill will continue support for this critical program and help prevent avoidable pediatric deaths.

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Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, I encourage a ``yes'' vote on this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

The yeas and nays were ordered.

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