## SEC. 301. STRENGTHENING AND ASSESSING THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORKFORCE. 

(a) NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM.— 

(1) STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM.—Clause (ii) of section 2812(a)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 300hh– 11(a)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

(2) REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM.— Section 2812(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) JOINT REVIEW AND MEDICAL SURGE CAPACITY STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

surge capacity for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities, including— 

(i) improving the existing benchmarks and objec- tive standards for the Federal grant programs described in subsection (a)(3)(A) or developing new benchmarks and standards for such programs; and 

(ii) identifying best practices for improving public health preparedness and response programs and med- ical surge capacity at hospitals, long-term care facili- ties, and other health care facilities, including rec- ommendations for the evaluation under subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (a)(3). 

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‘‘(ii) be present at locations, and for limited periods of time, specified by the Secretary on the basis that the Secretary has determined that a location is at risk of a public health emergency during the time specified, or there is a significant potential for a public health emergency.’’. 

‘‘(A) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Prepared- ness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall conduct a joint review of the National Disaster Medical System. Such review shall include— 

‘‘(i) an evaluation of medical surge capacity, as described in section 2803(a); 

‘‘(ii) an assessment of the available workforce of the intermittent disaster response personnel described in subsection (c); 

‘‘(iii) the capacity of the workforce described in clause (ii) to respond to all hazards, including capacity to simultaneously respond to multiple public health emergencies and the capacity to respond to a nation- wide public health emergency; 

‘‘(iv) the effectiveness of efforts to recruit, retain, and train such workforce; and 

‘‘(v) gaps that may exist in such workforce and recommendations for addressing such gaps. 

‘‘(B) UPDATES.—As part of the National Health Security Strategy under section 2802, the Secretary shall update 

Deadline. Coordination. 

Evaluation. 

Recommenda- tions. 

Recommenda- tions. 

