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 PUBLIC LAW 96-142—DEC. 12, 1979

Public Law 96-142 96th Congress

93 STAT. 1067

An Act To extend for three fiscal years the authorizations of appropriations under section 789 and title XII of the Public Health Service Act relating to emergency medical services, to revise and improve the authorities for assistance under such title XII, to increase the authorizations of appropriations and revise and improve the authorities for assistance under part B of title XI of such Act for sudden infant death syndrome counseling and information projects, and for other purposes.

Dec. 12, 1979 [8. 497]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever in Public Health this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an Service Act, amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference amendments. shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Public Health Service Act. TITLE I—EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES SYSTEMS AMENDMENTS SHORT TITLE

Emergency Medical Services Systems Amendments of 1979.

SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Emergency Medical Services Systems Amendments of 1979".

42 USC 201 note.

TRAINING IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

SEC. 102. Section 789(g)(l) (42 U.S.C. 295g-9(g)(l)) is amended by inserting before the period a comma and "$5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $7,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982". ASSISTANCE FOR FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND PLANNING

SEC. 103. Section 1202(f) (42 U.S.C. 300d-l(f)) is amended to read as follows: "(f) Priority for making grants or entering into contracts under this section shall be afforded to eligible entities applying for such grants or contracts under subsection (a) of this section.. ASSISTANCE FOR EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 104. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1204 (42 U.S.C. 300d-3(a)) is amended by (1) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3), and (2) adding after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: "(2) The Secretary may make a third grant or enter into a third contract under subsection (a) for an emergency medical services system i— f "(A) Federal financial assistance under this Act for emergency medical services for the geographical area with respect to which such grant or contract would be made or entered into was first provided under a grant or contract under this section, or

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