(d) SERVICE BENEFIT FOR NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM VOLUNTEERS.— 

(A) by striking ‘‘For the purpose of carrying out this section’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, except as described in paragraph (2)’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE SERVICE PROGRAM.—For pur- poses of carrying out this section with respect to qualified health professionals serving in the Epidemic Intelligence Service, as authorized under section 317G, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.’’. 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2812(c) (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)), as amended by subsection (a)(3), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) SERVICE BENEFIT.—Individuals appointed to serve under this subsection shall be considered eligible for benefits under part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The Secretary shall provide notifica- tion to any eligible individual of any effect such designation may have on other benefits for which such individual is eligible, including benefits from private entities.’’. 

(2) PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS.—Section 1204(9) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284(9)) is amended— 

(A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: 

‘‘(E) an individual appointed to the National Disaster Medical System under section 2812 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11) who is performing official duties of the Department of Health and Human Services, if those official duties are— 

‘‘(i) related to responding to a public health emer- gency or potential public health emergency, or other activities for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services has activated such National Disaster Medical System; and 

‘‘(ii) determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be hazardous.’’. 

(3) SUNSET.—The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall cease to have force or effect on October 1, 2021. 

(e) MISSION READINESS REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

(1) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Comptroller Gen- eral’’) shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report on the medical surge capacity of the United States in the event of a public health emergency, including the capacity and capability of the current health care workforce to prepare for, and respond to, the full range of public health emergencies 

Time periods. Appropriation authorization. 

Notification. 

Determination. 

34 USC 10284 note. 

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