Sec. 203. Strengthening the hospital preparedness program
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Section 319C–2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–3b ) is amended— by amending the section heading to read as follows: ; State and regional health care preparedness and response to improve surge capacity in subsection (a), by striking hospital preparedness for and inserting health care preparedness for and response to ; in subsection (b)(1)(A)— in the matter preceding clause (i)— by striking partnership and inserting coalition ; and by striking consisting of and inserting that includes ; in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; in clause (iii)(III), by striking and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: an emergency medical service organization; and an emergency management organization; and ; in subsection (c), by inserting after preparedness the following: and response ; in subsection (d)— in paragraph (1)(A)— in clause (i), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating clause
(ii)as clause (iii); and by inserting after clause
(i)the following: among one or more facilities in a regional health care emergency system under section 319C–3; and ; in paragraph (1)(B), by striking partnership each place it appears and inserting coalition ; and in paragraph (2)(C), by striking medical preparedness and inserting preparedness and response ; in subsection (f), by striking partnership and inserting coalition ; in subsection (g)(2)— by striking Partnerships and inserting Coalitions ; by striking partnerships and inserting coalitions ; and by inserting after preparedness the following: and response ; in subsection (i)— in paragraph (1)— by striking The requirements and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (2), the requirements ; by striking An entity and inserting A coalition ; by striking such partnership and inserting such coalition ; and by adding at the end the following: In submitting reports pursuant to this paragraph, an entity shall include information on the progress (if any) that the entity has made towards the implementation of section 319C–3. ; by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (3); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following: Beginning with fiscal year 2019, and in each succeeding fiscal year, with respect to entities receiving awards under this section— paragraph (5)(A) of section 319C–1(g) shall be applied— by substituting for the immediately preceding fiscal year with the following: for either of the two immediately preceding fiscal years ; and by substituting 2019 for 2008 ; and paragraph (6)(A) of section 319C–1(g) shall be applied by substituting— clause
(i)of such paragraph with the following: For each of the first two fiscal years immediately following a fiscal year in which an entity experienced a failure described in subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of paragraph
(5)by the entity, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the entity was eligible to receive for each such fiscal year. ; clause
(ii)of such paragraph with the following: For each of the first two fiscal years immediately following two consecutive fiscal years in which an entity experienced such a failure, an amount equal to 15 percent of the amount the entity was eligible to receive for each of such first two fiscal years, disregarding any withholding of funds that would have been made in each such year by virtue of clause (i). The amount determined pursuant to the previous sentence shall be in lieu of any amount that would have been withheld for each such year by virtue of clause (i). ; clause
(iii)of such paragraph with the following: For each of the first two fiscal years immediately following three consecutive fiscal years in which an entity experienced such a failure, an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount the entity was eligible to receive for each of such first two fiscal years, disregarding any withholding of funds that would have been made in each such year by virtue of clauses
(i)and (ii). The amount determined pursuant to the previous sentence shall be in lieu of any amount that would have been withheld for each such year by virtue of clauses
(i)and (ii). ; and clause
(iv)of such paragraph with the following: For each of the first two fiscal years immediately following four consecutive fiscal years in which an entity experienced such a failure, an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount the entity was eligible to receive for each of such first two fiscal years, disregarding any withholding of funds that would have been made in each such year by virtue of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii). The amount determined pursuant to the previous sentence shall be in lieu of any amount that would have been withheld for each such year by virtue of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii). . ; and in subsection (j)(2), in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting Partnerships . Coalitions
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Sec. 203
Strengthening the hospital preparedness program
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