,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,mr4 
,lawler 7for himself and ,mr4           
,espaillat7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to authorize the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services1 acting    
through the ,administrator of the       
,health ,resources and ,services        
,administration1 to award grants for    
expanding1 modernizing1 or streamlining 
emergency department operations4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,streamline ,emergency ,care ,act4  
#b4 ,grants for emergency department    
operations  7a7 ,awards ,the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,services 7in this
 section referred to as the ,secretary71
 acting through the ,administrator of   
the ,health ,resources and ,services    
,administration1 shall carry out a      
program of awarding grants to eligible  
entities for expanding1 modernizing1 or 

streamlining emergency department       
operations4  7b7 ,eligible entities ,in 
this section1 the term eligible entity  
means a health care provider that-- 7#a7
 is a nonprofit organization2 and  7#b7 
at the time of applying for a grant     
under this section1 is already operating
 an emergency department4  7c7 ,amount  
,the amount of a grant under subsection 
7a7 shall not exceed #ejj1jjj4  7d7 ,use
 of funds ,a grant received under this  
section may be used for any of the      
following3 7#a7 ,the hiring and         
retention of individuals to work in the 
emergency department4  7#b7 ,optimizing 
and modernizing the capacity of an      
emergency department1 and improving     
patient flow out of the emergency       
department1 by-- 7,a7 repurposing or    
renovating hospital spaces2  7,b7       
implementing new processes2 or  7,c7    
purchasing equipment4  7#c7 ,triage and 
other training to increase the capacity 
of existing personnel to assist in      
improving emergency department patient  

care and flow4  7e7 ,report ,not later  
than the end of the third fiscal year   
beginning after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions of the ,senate a report on the
 effectiveness and impacts of the grant 
program under this section4  7f7        
,authorization of appropriations ,to    
carry out this section1 there is        
authorized to be appropriated           
#bj1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbf through #bjcj4