STATEMENT
of the
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
and the
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
to the
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Committee on Appropriations
U.S. House of Representatives
RE: FY 2016 Funding for Trauma and Emergency Care Programs
April 29, 2015
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological
Surgeons (CNS) strongly urge Congress to appropriate $28 million for fiscal year 2016 for
Parts A-D and H of Title XII of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). The PHSA (Sections
1201-4, 1211-22, 1231-32, 1241-46 and 1281-2) authorizes a total of $248 million in funding for
trauma and emergency care programs and activities. These provisions of law have historically
received strong bipartisan support.
The request for the total of $28 million would include funding for these programs as follows:
- $11 million for Trauma Care Center Grants.
Authorized at $100 million per year, this
program would support federal grants to trauma centers to provide operating funds to
maintain their core missions, compensate for loses from uncompensated care and provide
emergency awards to centers at risk of closure.
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