120 STAT. 2836
PUBLIC LAW 109–417—DEC. 19, 2006
‘‘(3) PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.—In 2009, the National Health Security Strategy shall include a national strategy for establishing an effective and prepared public health workforce, including defining the functions, capabilities, and gaps in such workforce, and identifying strategies to recruit, retain, and protect such workforce from workplace exposures during public health emergencies. ‘‘(b) PREPAREDNESS GOALS.—The National Health Security Strategy shall include provisions in furtherance of the following: ‘‘(1) INTEGRATION.—Integrating public health and public and private medical capabilities with other first responder systems, including through— ‘‘(A) the periodic evaluation of Federal, State, local, and tribal preparedness and response capabilities through drills and exercises; and ‘‘(B) integrating public and private sector public health and medical donations and volunteers. ‘‘(2) PUBLIC HEALTH.—Developing and sustaining Federal, State, local, and tribal essential public health security capabilities, including the following: ‘‘(A) Disease situational awareness domestically and abroad, including detection, identification, and investigation. ‘‘(B) Disease containment including capabilities for isolation, quarantine, social distancing, and decontamination. ‘‘(C) Risk communication and public preparedness. ‘‘(D) Rapid distribution and administration of medical countermeasures. ‘‘(3) MEDICAL.—Increasing the preparedness, response capabilities, and surge capacity of hospitals, other health care facilities (including mental health facilities), and trauma care and emergency medical service systems, with respect to public health emergencies, which shall include developing plans for the following: ‘‘(A) Strengthening public health emergency medical management and treatment capabilities. ‘‘(B) Medical evacuation and fatality management. ‘‘(C) Rapid distribution and administration of medical countermeasures. ‘‘(D) Effective utilization of any available public and private mobile medical assets and integration of other Federal assets. ‘‘(E) Protecting health care workers and health care first responders from workplace exposures during a public health emergency. ‘‘(4) AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS.— ‘‘(A) Taking into account the public health and medical needs of at-risk individuals in the event of a public health emergency. ‘‘(B) For purpose of this section and sections 319C– 1, 319F, and 319L, the term ‘at-risk individuals’ means children, pregnant women, senior citizens and other individuals who have special needs in the event of a public health emergency, as determined by the Secretary. ‘‘(5) COORDINATION.—Minimizing duplication of, and ensuring coordination between, Federal, State, local, and tribal planning, preparedness, and response activities (including the
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