,i  #aac? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #dbij  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,m>* #be1 #bjad ,mr4  
,ma!son 7= himself & ,mr4 ,k+ ( ,new    
,york7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0   
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &      
,comm]ce  ,a ,,bill  ,to am5d ! ,public 
,heal? ,s]vice ,act to reau?orize !     
,em]g5cy ,m$ical ,s]vices = ,*ildr5     
,program4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act may
 be cit$ z ! ,wakefield ,act ( #bjad4   
#b4 ,f9d+s ,congress makes ! foll[+     
f9d+s3  7#a7 ,!re are approximately     
#bf1jjj1jjj *ild & adolesc5t visits to !
 ,nation's em]g5cy dep>tm5ts e ye>4     
7#b7 ,approximately #ij p]c5t ( *ildr5  
requir+ em]g5cy c>e are se5 9 g5]al     
hospitals1 n 9 free /&+ *ildr5's        
hospitals1 ) "o-qu>t] to "o-?ird ( !    
pati5ts be+ se5 9 hospitals ) no sep>ate
 p$iatric w>d4  7#c7 ,injury & poison+  
comb9$ are ! mo/ common reason =        
p$iatric em]g5cy dep>tm5t visits1       
acc\nt+ = ne>ly ?irty p]c5t ( su*       
visits1 :ile respiratory disord]s su* z 

a/hma acc\nt = ano!r #bf p]c5t (        
p$iatric em]g5cy dep>tm5t visits4  7#d7 
,up to "o-qu>t] ( *ildr5 ne$+ em]g5cy   
c>e h special heal? c>e ne$s due to     
und]ly+ m$ical conditions su* z a/hma1  
diabetes1 sickle-cell disease1 l[ bir?  
weight1 & ,bron*o pulmon>y dysplasia4   
7#e7 ,! ,em]g5cy ,m$ical ,s]vices =     
,*ildr5 ,program "u section #aiaj ( !   
,public ,heal? ,s]vice ,act is ! only   
,f$]al program t focuses specifically on
 improv+ ! p$iatric compon5ts ( !       
em]g5cy m$ical s]vices 7,,ems7 sy/em4   
7#f7 ,! ,em]g5cy ,m$ical ,s]vices =     
,*ildr5 ,program has1 9 ! pa/ & pres5t1 
fund$ & support$ p$iatric em]g5cy c>e   
improvem5t initiatives 9 e ,/ate &      
,unit$ ,/ates ,t]ritory to exp& &       
improve em]g5cy c>e = *ildr5 :o ne$     
treatm5t = life ?reat5+ illnesses &     
injuries by--  7,a7 complet+ ! only     
national assessm5t ( p$iatric           
pre-hospital em]g5cy c>e 9 ! ,nation2   
7,b7 assess+ ! access to m$ical         
direction = em]g5cy m$ical s]vices      

provid]s treat+ & transport+ p$iatric   
pati5ts1 appropriate p$iatric equipm5t &
 supplies on ambulances to treat *ildr51
 & availability ( int]-facility transf] 
agreem5ts & guidel9es design$ to exp$ite
 ! transf] ( p$iatric pati5ts to ! mo/  
appropriate facility2  7,c7 assur+ t    
,basic & ,advance ,life ,support        
provid]s receive p$iatric education to  
ma9ta9 compet5cies necess>y to treat    
p$iatric pati5ts2 &  7,d7 address+      
regionalization ( c>e & telem$ic9e t    
all[ = timely transf]s or c>e deliv]y to
 critically ill or injur$ *ildr5 9 rural
 or tribal sett+s :]e specialty c>e is n
 readily available4  7#g7 ,! ,em]g5cy   
,m$ical ,s]vices = ,*ildr5 ,program is  
celebrat+ its #cj? anniv]s>y1 m>k+ ?ree 
decades ( driv+ key improvem5ts 9       
em]g5cy m$ical s]vices to *ildr51 & %\ld
 cont9ue its mission to r$uce *ild & y\?
 morbidity & mortality by support+      
improvem5ts 9 ! quality ( all em]g5cy   
m$ical & em]g5cy surgical c>e *ildr5    
receive4  #c4 ,reau?orization ( ,em]g5cy

 ,m$ical ,s]vices = ,*ildr5 ,program    
,section #aiaj7;d7 ( ! ,public ,heal?   
,s]vice ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4             
#cjjw-#i7;d77 is am5d$ by /rik+ fiscal  
ye> #bjad & ins]t+ ea* ( fiscal ye>s    
#bjad ?r\gh #bjai4