To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine to evaluate the preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical facilities for public health emergencies.
Health Subcommittee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
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Enacted
Worst-Case Scenario Hospital Preparedness Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine, or another appropriate entity, to evaluate the preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical facilities nationwide for public health emergencies, including natural disasters. The evaluations must review facilities' current policies, assess grant programs affecting these facilities, and recommend best practices.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAlternative and renewable resourcesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency planning and evacuationGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careNatural disastersWater use and supply
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine to evaluate the preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical facilities for public health emergencies.
USA115th CongressHR-4572| House
| Updated: 12/8/2017
Worst-Case Scenario Hospital Preparedness Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine, or another appropriate entity, to evaluate the preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical facilities nationwide for public health emergencies, including natural disasters. The evaluations must review facilities' current policies, assess grant programs affecting these facilities, and recommend best practices.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAlternative and renewable resourcesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesEmergency planning and evacuationGovernment studies and investigationsHealth facilities and institutionsHospital careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal careNatural disastersWater use and supply