(b) EXCEPTION RELATING TO APPLICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIRE- MENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 319C–1(g) (42 U.S.C. 247d–3a(g)) is amended— 

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to cooperative agreements awarded on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

(c) PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE AND REGIONAL HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS TO IMPROVE SURGE CAPACITY.—Section 319C–2 (42 U.S.C. 247d–3b) is amended— 

(E) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(xi) a description of how the entity will partner with health care facilities, including hospitals and nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, to promote and improve public health preparedness and response; and 

‘‘(xii) a description of how, as appropriate and prac- ticable, the entity will include critical infrastructure partners, such as utility companies within the entity’s jurisdiction, in planning pursuant to this subparagraph to help ensure that critical infrastructure will remain functioning during, or return to function as soon as practicable after, a public health emergency;’’. 

(A) in paragraph (5)— 

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘Beginning with fiscal year 2019’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘for the immediately preceding fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for either of the 2 imme- diately preceding fiscal years’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (6), by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts described in this para- graph are the following amounts that are payable to an entity for activities described in this section or section 319C–2: 

‘‘(i) For no more than one of each of the first 2 fiscal years immediately following a fiscal year in which an entity experienced a failure described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (5), an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the entity was eligible to receive for the respective fiscal year. 

‘‘(ii) For no more than one of the first 2 fiscal years immediately following the third consecutive fiscal year in which an entity experienced such a failure, in lieu of applying clause (i), an amount equal to 15 percent of the amount the entity was eligible to receive for the respective fiscal year.’’. 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘, acting through the Assistant Sec- retary for Preparedness and Response,’’ after ‘‘The Sec- retary’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘preparedness for public health emer- gencies’’ and inserting ‘‘preparedness for, and response to, 

Time periods. 

42 USC 247d–3a note. 

