3.0.0 2864 2023-01-11T13:16:50Z 2023-01-11T13:16:50Z Senate S S 2009-12-10 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-10T19:17:35Z 2009-12-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-12-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12911-12912) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-12-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford N Health Congressional oversight Emergency medical services and trauma care Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Health 00 2009-12-10 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-07T14:28:45Z Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act of 2009 - Directs the President: (1) to convene a consortium of representatives of state, local, and tribal governments to assess the adequacy of guidance for state and local government planning in the National Strategy for Pandemic Flu and the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan; and (2) within one year after convening such consortium and every four years thereafter, to convene another consortium to review and update such Strategy and Plan.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), to conduct a survey to identify appropriate alternative medical care facilities capable of meeting medical surge capacity needs for the prophylaxis for, and treatment of, infectious diseases outbreaks.

Directs the Secretary of DHS to identify specific resources, including subsistence supplies and personnel, that may be required to support the implementation of strategies for social distancing and medical surge during a federally declared emergency or major disaster to prevent the introduction, transmission, and spread of communicable disease and ensure the proper delivery of crisis and medical care.

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to the appropriate Senate and House committees describing the roles and responsibilities, capabilities, and coordination of federal assets for medical response to infectious disease outbreaks or biological attacks.

]]> Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act of 2009 Display Title Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the enhancement of United States preparedness for outbreaks of infectious disease to protect homeland security. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Defense Against Infectious Diseases Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2864is/xml/BILLS-111s2864is.xml 2009-12-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.