Sec. 6. Clarification of leadership responsibility for routine emergency medical care
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Pursuant to the designation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) under section 2801 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh ) to lead all Federal public health and medical response to public health emergencies and incidents under the National Response Plan (developed pursuant to section 504(a)(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002), and pursuant to the Secretary’s responsibility for administration of titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ; 1396 et seq.; 1397aa et seq.), such leadership responsibilities shall be construed to include the provision of routine emergency medical care across the full continuum of such care provided (including field EMS (as defined in section 1291 of the Public Health Service Act (as added by section 4)), trauma, and hospital emergency medical care) as a necessary prerequisite to ensure the adequacy of such response to public health emergencies and incidents under the National Response Plan and the integration and provision of emergency medical care provided to beneficiaries of such titles of the Social Security Act.
In accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary shall be responsible for— improving the emergency medical care system providing routine emergency medical care to patients with emergency medical conditions to enhance the capacity of the existing public health and emergency medical system to prepare for and sustain such public health and medical response to public health emergencies and incidents; and the quality, innovation, and cost-effectiveness of field EMS, including such services provided to individuals who are beneficiaries of the Medicare, Medicaid or State Children’s Health Insurance Program under titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI, respectively of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ; 1396 et seq.; 1397aa et seq.).