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 100 STAT. 1218

PUBLIC LAW 99-476—Oct. 16, 1986

Public Law 99-476 99th Congress Joint Resolution Oct. 16, 1986 [H.J. Res. 210]

Designating the Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland as the "Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems".

Whereas Federal funding for emergency medical services systems has decreased, and some States have provided less support for such lifesaving systems; Wheresis private efforts are the primary means of improving the delivery of emergency medical services, and improvements are needed to meet the needs of increasing numbers of the critically ill and injured; Whereas the designation of a national study center for trauma and emergency medical systems would focus attention on those areas needing improvement in the delivery of systematic emergency care; Whereas a national study center for trauma and emergency medical systems is needed to serve as a resource center for information and data, and provide technical assistance concerning emergency medical systems; and Whereas the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland has been a national leader in the development of systems of care for the critically ill and injured: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems at the University of Maryland shall be known and designated as the "Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other paper of the United States to such Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems shall be held to be a reference to the "Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems". Approved October 16, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 210: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): Sept. 29, considered and passed House. Oct. 3, considered and passed Senate.

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