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[CITE: 42USC300d-43]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER X--TRAUMA CARE
 
  Part D--Trauma Centers Operating in Areas Severely Affected by Drug-
                            Related Violence
 
Sec. 300d-43. Certain agreements


(a) Commitment regarding continued participation in trauma care system

    The Secretary may not make a grant under subsection (a) of section 
300d-41 of this title unless the trauma center involved agrees that--
        (1) the center will continue participation in the system 
    described in subsection (b) of such section throughout the 3-year 
    period beginning on the date that the center first receives payments 
    under the grant; and
        (2) if the agreement made pursuant to paragraph (1) is violated 
    by the center, the center will be liable to the United States for an 
    amount equal to the sum of--
            (A) the amount of assistance provided to the center under 
        subsection (a) of such section; and
            (B) an amount representing interest on the amount specified 
        in subparagraph (A).

(b) Maintenance of financial support

    With respect to activities for which a grant under section 300d-41 
of this title is authorized to be expended, the Secretary may not make 
such a grant unless the trauma center involved agrees that, during the 
period in which the center is receiving payments under the grant, the 
center will maintain expenditures for such activities at a level that is 
not less than the level maintained by the center during the fiscal year 
preceding the first fiscal year for which the center receives such 
payments.

(c) Trauma care registry

    The Secretary may not make a grant under section 300d-41(a) of this 
title unless the trauma center involved agrees that--
        (1) the center will operate a registry of trauma cases in 
    accordance with the applicable guidelines described in section 300d-
    41(b)(2)(C) of this title, and will begin operation of the registry 
    not later than 6 months after the date on which the center submits 
    to the Secretary the application for the grant; and
        (2) in carrying out paragraph (1), the center will maintain 
    information on the number of trauma cases treated by the center and, 
    for each such case, the extent to which the center incurs 
    uncompensated costs in providing trauma care.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, Sec. 1243, as added Pub. L. 102-321, 
title VI, Sec. 601, July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 434.)
