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 104 STAT. 2926 PUBLIC LAW 101-590 —NOV. 16, 1990 " (b) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION.— Any person who violates a prohibition established in subsection (a) may for each violation be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. 42 USC 300d-21. "SEC. 1221. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PROVISION BY SECRETARY OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES IN LIEU OF GRANT FUNDS. "(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —The Secretary shall, without charge to a State receiving payments under section 1211(a), provide to the State (or to any public or nonprofit private entity designated by the State) technical assistance with respect to the plainning, development, and operation of any program carried out pursuant to section 1211(b). The Secretary may provide such technical assistance directly, through contract, or through grants. " (b) PROVISION BY SECRETARY OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES IN LIEU OF GRANT FUNDS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. — Upon the request of a State receiving payments under section 1211(a), the Secretary may, subject to paragraph (2), provide supplies, equipment, and services for the purpose of aiding the State in carrying out section 1211(b) and, for such purpose, may detail to the State any officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services. (2) REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS. —With respect to a request described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reduce the amount of payments to the State under section 1211(a) by an amount equal to the costs of detailing personnel and the fair market value of any supplies, equipment, or services provided by the Secretary. The Secretary shall, for the payment of expenses incurred in complying with such request, expend the amounts withheld. 42 USC 300d-22. " SEC. 1222. REPORT BY SECRETARY. "Not later than October 1, 1992, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress on the activities of the States carried out pursuant to section 1211. Such report may include any recommendations of the Secretary for appropriate administrative and legislative initiatives with respect to trauma care, "P AR T C—GENERAL PROVISIONS 42 USC 300d-31. "SEC. 1231. DEFINITIONS. "For purposes of this title: "(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 1213. "(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.

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