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Neurosurgery Joins Trauma Coalition to Urge House Funding for MISSION Zero Program

  • Emergency/Trauma Care and Stroke
  • The Honorable Rosa DeLauro
    Chairwoman
    House Appropriations Committee
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Kay Granger
    Ranking Member
    House Appropriations Committee
    Washington, DC 20515
  • The Honorable Tom Cole
    Ranking Member
    House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee
    Washington, DC 20515

Dear Chairwoman DeLauro and Ranking Members Granger and Cole:

As you prepare to conference the final Fiscal Year 2023 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill with the Senate, we respectfully urge you to retain the funding level of $10 million for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma
Readiness Grant Program.

This program was established by the Military Injury Surgical Systems Integrated Operationally Nationwide to Achieve ZERO Preventable Deaths Act or “MISSION ZERO Act”, which was authorized by the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019. These grants provide funding to ensure trauma care readiness by integrating military trauma care providers into civilian trauma centers. By funding this critical program at $10 million, we will improve the nation’s response to public health and medical emergencies.

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