Sec. 744. Modifications to pilot program on civilian and military partnerships to enhance interoperability and medical surge capability and capacity of National Disaster Medical System
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Section 740 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— by striking The Secretary of Defense may and inserting Beginning not later than September 30, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall ; and by striking health care organizations, institutions, and entities and inserting health care organizations, health care institutions, health care entities, academic medical centers of institutions of higher education, and hospitals ; and by striking in the vicinity of major aeromedical and other transport hubs and logistics centers of the Department of Defense ; by striking subsection
(c)and inserting the following new subsections: The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall be the lead official for design and implementation of the pilot program under subsection (a). The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall leverage the resources of the Defense Health Agency for execution of the pilot program under subsection
(a)and shall coordinate with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff throughout the planning and duration of the pilot program. The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the pilot program under subsection
(a)at not fewer than five locations in the United States that are located at or near locations with established expertise in disaster health preparedness and response and trauma care that augment and enhance the effectiveness of the pilot program. Not later than the earlier of the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act or March 31, 2021, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Transportation, shall select not fewer than two locations at which to carry out the pilot program. Not later than the end of each one-year period following selection of locations under subparagraph (A), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Transportation, shall select not fewer than two additional locations at which to carry out the pilot program until not fewer than five locations are selected in total. In selecting locations for the pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— consider— the proximity of the location to civilian or military transportation hubs, including airports, railways, interstate highways, or ports; the ability of the location to accept a redistribution of casualties during times of war; the ability of the location to provide trauma care training opportunities for medical personnel of the Department of Defense; and the proximity of the location to existing academic medical centers of institutions of higher education, facilities of the Department, or other institutions that have established expertise in the areas of— highly infectious disease; biocontainment; quarantine; trauma care; combat casualty care; the National Disaster Medical System under section 2812 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh–11 ); disaster health preparedness and response; medical and public health management of biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear hazards; or such other areas of expertise as the Secretary considers appropriate; and give priority to public-private partnerships with academic medical centers of institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other entities with facilities that have an established history of providing clinical care, treatment, training, and research in the areas described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or other specializations determined important by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program. ; by redesignating subsections
(d)through
(f)as subsections
(e)through (g), respectively; in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (3)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by striking the commencement of the pilot program under subsection
(a)and inserting the initial selection of locations for the pilot program under subsection (d)(2)(A) ; and in subparagraph (B)— in clause (ii), by striking subsection
(d)and inserting subsection
(e); in clause (iii), by striking subsection
(e)and inserting subsection
(f); and in paragraph (2)(B)(iv), by striking the authority for ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: In this section, the term institution of higher education means a four-year institution of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ). .
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Sec. 744
Modifications to pilot program on civilian and military partnerships to enhance interoperability and medical surge capability and capacity of National Disaster Medical System
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