Dear Chair Murray and Ranking Member Blunt:
We are contacting you today to respectfully request that the Subcommittee include $11.5 million
in funding for the Military and Civilian Partnership for the Trauma Readiness Grant program in
the FY22 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations bill. As you know, 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 fully funding this critical program, we will improve the nation’s
response to public health and medical emergencies and mitigate some of the worst impacts of the
COVID 19 pandemic on trauma centers, including but not limited to staffing shortages.
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