Part C - General Provisions Regarding Parts A and B

42 USC 300d31 - Definitions

For purposes of this part and parts A and B of this subchapter:
(1) Designated trauma center 
The term designated trauma center means a trauma center designated in accordance with the modifications to the State plan described in section 300d–13 of this title.
(2) State plan regarding emergency medical services 
The term State plan, with respect to the provision of emergency medical services, means a plan for a comprehensive, organized system to provide for the access, response, triage, field stabilization, transport, hospital stabilization, definitive care, and rehabilitation of patients of all ages with respect to emergency medical services.
(3) State 
The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(4) Trauma 
The term trauma means an injury resulting from exposure to a mechanical force.
(5) Trauma care component of State plan 
The term trauma care component, with respect to components of the State plan for the provision of emergency medical services, means a plan for a comprehensive health care system, within rural and urban areas of the State, for the prompt recognition, prehospital care, emergency medical care, acute surgical and medical care, rehabilitation, and outcome evaluation of seriously injured patients.

42 USC 300d32 - Funding

(a) Authorization of appropriations 
For the purpose of carrying out parts A and B, subject to subsections (b) and (c), there are authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and $8,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012.
(b) Reservation of funds 
If the amount appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year is equal to or less than $1,000,000, such appropriation is available only for the purpose of carrying out part A. If the amount so appropriated is greater than $1,000,000, 50 percent of such appropriation shall be made available for the purpose of carrying out part A and 50 percent shall be made available for the purpose of carrying out part B.
(c) Allocation of part A funds 
Of the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) for a fiscal year to carry out part A
(1) 10 percent of such amounts for such year shall be allocated for administrative purposes; and
(2) 10 percent of such amounts for such year shall be allocated for the purpose of carrying out section 300d–3 of this title.

42 USC 300d33 - Repealed. Pub. L. 103183, title VI, 601(e), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2239

Section, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, 1233, as added Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101–590, § 3, 104 Stat. 2927, related to waiver of requirement regarding purpose of grants.