§ 16-31-2.5-2 — Duties of commission

Indiana § 16-31-2.5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 31: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
• Ch. 2.5: Indiana Trauma Care Commission

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The commission has the following duties:
(1) Develop and promote, in cooperation with state, regional, and
local public and private organizations, a statewide program for the
provision of trauma care and a comprehensive state trauma plan.
(2) Use trauma data to promote and support state and regional
quality improvement initiatives and evaluations.
(3) Develop and implement a trauma system performance
improvement plan.
(4) Support state level multi-disciplined disaster planning.
(5) Identify opportunities for, and promote the training of, trauma
personnel and programs for the education of the general public in
injury prevention and trauma care.
(6) Develop, in coordination with the state department, criteria for
the awarding of trauma grant funds in the areas of:
(A) trauma system development;
(B) quality improvement;
(C) trauma and nontrauma center engagement; and
(D) injury prevention programming.
(7) Advise the state department on state trauma center
designation.
(8) Not later than November 30 of each year, develop and make
written recommendations to the governor and, in an electronic
format under IC 5-14-6, to the legislative council concerning the
results of the commission's work under this section. The
commission shall make the report submitted under this
subdivision available to the public.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.164-2023, SEC.36.