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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 8309 (Introduced in House) — To authorize certain authorities of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. · Sec. 701

Sec. 701. Chief Medical Officer

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Section 1931 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 587 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting and shall establish medical and human, animal, and occupational health exposure policy, guidance, strategies, and initiatives, before including— ; in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , including advice on how to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against the medical effects of terrorist attacks or other high consequence events utilizing chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents or explosives ; in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , including coordinating the Department’s policy, strategy, and preparedness for pandemics and emerging infectious diseases ; in paragraph (4)— by inserting emergency medical services and medical first responder stakeholders, after the medical community, ; and by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (9); and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraphs: ensuring that the workforce of the Department has evidence-based policy, standards, requirements, and metrics for operational medicine programs; directing and maintaining a coordinated system for medical support for the Department’s operational activities; providing oversight of the Department’s medical programs and providers, including— reviewing and maintaining verification of the accreditation of the Department’s health provider workforce; developing quality assurance and clinical policy, requirements, standards, and metrics for all medical and health activities of the Department; providing oversight of medical records systems for employees and individuals in the Department’s care and custody; and providing medical direction for emergency medical services activities of the Department; as established under section 1932, maintaining a medical countermeasures stockpile and dispensing system, as necessary, to facilitate personnel readiness, and protection for the Department’s employees and working animals and individuals in the Department’s care and custody in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic; and ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Chief Medical Officer may provide medical liaisons to the components of the Department to provide subject matter expertise on medical and public health issues and a direct link to the Chief Medical Officer. Such expertise may include the following: Providing guidance on health and medical aspects of policy, planning, and operations. Supporting the development and alignment of medical and health systems. Identifying— common gaps in medical and health standards, policy, or guidance; and enterprise solutions to bridge such gaps. .
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