42 USC 300d-14 – Requirement of submission to Secretary of trauma plan and certain information
(a) In general
For each fiscal year, the Secretary may not make payments to a State under section 300d-11(a) of this title unless, subject to subsection (b), the State submits to the Secretary the trauma care component of the State plan for the provision of emergency medical services, including any changes to the trauma care component and any plans to address deficiencies in the trauma care component.
(b) Interim plan or description of efforts
Terms Used In 42 USC 300d-14
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. See 42 USC 201
- State: includes , in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. See 42 USC 201
For each fiscal year, if a State has not completed the trauma care component of the State plan described in subsection (a), the State may provide, in lieu of such completed component, an interim component or a description of efforts made toward the completion of the component.
(c) Information received by State reporting and analysis system
The Secretary may not make payments to a State under section 300d-11(a) of this title unless the State agrees that the State will, not less than once each year, provide to the Secretary the information received by the State pursuant to section 300d-13(a)(7) of this title.
(d) Availability of emergency medical services in rural areas
The Secretary may not make payments to a State under section 300d-11(a) of this title unless—
(1) the State identifies any rural area in the State for which—
(A) there is no system of access to emergency medical services through the telephone number 911;
(B) there is no basic life-support system; or
(C) there is no advanced life-support system; and
(2) the State submits to the Secretary a list of rural areas identified pursuant to paragraph (1) or, if there are no such areas, a statement that there are no such areas.