Sec. 204. Enhancing situational awareness and biosurveillance

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Section 319D of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–4 ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting poison control centers, after hospitals, ; in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , allowing for coordination to maximize all-hazards medical and public health preparedness and response and to minimize duplication of effort ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: and update such standards as necessary ; by striking subsection (c); by redesignating subsections

(d)through

(g)as subsections

(c)through (f), respectively; in subsection (c), as so redesignated— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Public Health Situational Awareness ; Modernizing Public Health Situational Awareness and Biosurveillance in paragraph (1)— by striking Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act and inserting ; and Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 by inserting , novel emerging threats, after disease outbreaks ; by striking paragraph

(2)and inserting the following: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 , the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a coordinated strategy and an accompanying implementation plan that identifies and demonstrates the measurable steps the Secretary will carry out to— develop, implement, and evaluate the network described in paragraph (1), utilizing the elements described in paragraph (3); modernize and enhance biosurveillance activities; and improve information sharing, coordination, and communication among disparate biosurveillance systems supported by the Department of Health and Human Services. ; in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting community health centers, health centers after poison control, ; in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph

(A)and inserting the following: utilize applicable interoperability standards as determined by the Secretary, and in consultation with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, through a joint public and private sector process; ; and by adding at the end the following: In carrying out this section and consistent with section 319M, the National Biodefense Science Board shall provide expert advice and guidance, including recommendations, regarding the measurable steps the Secretary should take to modernize and enhance biosurveillance activities pursuant to the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure comprehensive, real-time, all-hazards biosurveillance capabilities. In complying with the preceding sentence, the National Biodefense Science Board shall— identify the steps necessary to achieve a national biosurveillance system for human health, with international connectivity, where appropriate, that is predicated on State, regional, and community level capabilities and creates a networked system to allow for two-way information flow between and among Federal, State, and local government public health authorities and clinical health care providers; identify any duplicative surveillance programs under the authority of the Secretary, or changes that are necessary to existing programs, in order to enhance and modernize such activities, minimize duplication, strengthen and streamline such activities under the authority of the Secretary, and achieve real-time and appropriate data that relate to disease activity, both human and zoonotic; and coordinate with applicable existing advisory committees of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including such advisory committees consisting of representatives from State, local, and tribal public health authorities and appropriate public and private sector health care entities and academic institutions, in order to provide guidance on public health surveillance activities. ; in subsection (d), as so redesignated— in paragraph (1), by striking subsection

(d)and inserting subsection

(c); in paragraph (4)(B), by striking subsection

(d)and inserting subsection

(c); and in paragraph (5)— by striking 4 years after the date of enactment of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act and inserting 3 years after the date of enactment of the ; and Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 by striking subsection

(d)and inserting subsection

(c); in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking such sums as may be necessary in each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 and inserting $138,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 ; and by adding at the end the following: For purposes of this section the term biosurveillance means the process of gathering near real-time biological data that relates to human and zoonotic disease activity and threats to human or animal health, in order to achieve early warning and identification of such health threats, early detection and prompt ongoing tracking of health events, and overall situational awareness of disease activity. . Section 319C–1(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–3a(b)(2)(D)) is amended by striking section 319D(d)(3) and inserting section 319D(c)(3) .

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Sec. 204

Enhancing situational awareness and biosurveillance

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