Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2021
United States117th CongressHR-3463House of Representatives
Updated: May 24, 2021
Summary
Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake various actions to enhance supply chain elasticity for and maintain domestic reserves of critical medical supplies for the Strategic National Stockpile. Specifically, HHS must increase emergency stocks of supplies, geographically diversify production of supplies, and enter cooperative agreements or partnerships for purposes of supporting domestic production of supplies and replenishing supplies in the stockpile. The department's authority to enter such agreements and partnerships terminates on September 30, 2024.
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Timeline
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S-1693: Medical Supplies for Pandemics Act of 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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