120 STAT. 2834
42 USC 300hh–11. 42 USC 300hh–10 note.
42 USC 300hh–16.
VerDate 14-DEC-2004
09:16 Jul 13, 2007
PUBLIC LAW 109–417—DEC. 19, 2006
‘‘(A) the National Disaster Medical System (in accordance with section 301 of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act); and ‘‘(B) the Hospital Preparedness Cooperative Agreement Program pursuant to section 319C–2; ‘‘(2) exercise the responsibilities and authorities of the Secretary with respect to the coordination of— ‘‘(A) the Medical Reserve Corps pursuant to section 2813; ‘‘(B) the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals pursuant to section 319I; ‘‘(C) the Strategic National Stockpile; and ‘‘(D) the Cities Readiness Initiative; and ‘‘(3) assume other duties as determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’; and (4) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’’. (b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS; REFERENCES.— (1) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—There shall be transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response the functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. (2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or pertaining to the Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness as in effect the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. (c) STOCKPILE.—Section 319F–2(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(1)) is amended by— (1) inserting ‘‘in collaboration with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and’’ after ‘‘Secretary,’’; and (2) inserting at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall conduct an annual review (taking into account at-risk individuals) of the contents of the stockpile, including non-pharmaceutical supplies, and make necessary additions or modifications to the contents based on such review.’’. (d) AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS.—Title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh et seq.), as amended by section 303 of this Act, is amended by inserting after section 2813 the following: ‘‘SEC. 2814. AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS.
‘‘The Secretary, acting through such employee of the Department of Health and Human Services as determined by the Secretary and designated publicly (which may, at the discretion of the Secretary, involve the appointment or designation of an individual as the Director of At-Risk Individuals), shall— ‘‘(1) oversee the implementation of the National Preparedness goal of taking into account the public health and medical needs of at-risk individuals in the event of a public health emergency, as described in section 2802(b)(4);
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