[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 8266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03046]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Health Security Strategy

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response 
(ASPR), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
Response (ASPR), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), is soliciting public comment regarding national health 
security threats, challenges, and promising practices to help inform 
the development of the 2023-2026 National Health Security Strategy 
(NHSS). Since 2006, Congress has required the Secretary of HHS to 
develop and submit a 4-year NHSS and implementation plan that describe 
``potential emergency health security threats and identify the process 
to be prepared to identify and respond to such threats.'' The 
quadrennial NHSS is a key U.S. Government vehicle for advancing public 
health and medical emergency capabilities, and serves as a tool to 
address priority threats, measure progress, identify gaps, and focus 
action to implement national health security capabilities.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 11, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted electronically via email to the 
following email address: [email protected].
    Instructions: Emails to [email protected] in response to this 
announcement should include `2023-2026 NHSS comments' in the subject 
line. Responses to the Request for Information may be placed in the 
body of the email or in an attachment to the email using a standard 
document format.
    Request for Information: HHS/ASPR is preparing to draft the 2023-
2026 NHSS. To help inform this strategy, HHS/ASPR is soliciting public 
comment regarding health security threats, challenges, and promising 
practices that may warrant being addressed in the 2023-2026 NHSS. We 
invite your response to the following questions. Please note that you 
are not limited to the questions below and we welcome additional 
feedback.
     What are the most critical national health security 
threats and public health and medical preparedness, response, and 
recovery challenges that warrant increased attention over the next five 
years?
     What medium-term and long-term (i.e., over next five 
years) actions should be taken to mitigate these challenges at the 
federal government and/or state, local, tribal, and territorial level?
     What public health and medical preparedness, response, and 
recovery opportunities or promising practices should be capitalized on 
over the next five years?
    Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice is intended for 
planning purposes and does not constitute a formal agreement that 
information from public responses will be included in the 2023-2026 
NHSS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darrin Donato, Chief, Domestic Policy 
Branch, Division of Policy, Office of Strategy, Policy, Planning, and 
Requirements, ASPR, HHS, Washington, DC, [email protected].

Dawn O'Connell,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 2022-03046 Filed 2-11-22; 8:45 am]
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