Sec. 2216. GAO report on public health preparedness, response, and recovery data capabilities
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The Comptroller General of the United States (referred to in this section as the Comptroller General ) shall conduct a study on the efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that public health preparedness, response, and recovery data capabilities related to pandemic and other biological threats are not unnecessarily duplicative, overlapping, or fragmented. Such study shall include— a comprehensive list of all public health preparedness, response, and recovery data collection, such as incidence and prevalence of disease tracking, hospitalizations, critical care capacity, and testing programs, at the Department of Health and Human Services, as identified by the department and its component agencies; an analysis of any duplication, overlap, or fragmentation of the programs identified in paragraph (1); identification of any efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services to reduce unnecessary duplication and improve coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of such programs and any associated challenges; any practices that threaten individual privacy and recommendations to improve the protection of individual, identifiable data; and a description of the funding and other resources dedicated to the operation of each such program identified in paragraph (1).
Based on the study conducted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall— not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, provide a briefing to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a complete report on such study.
The report under paragraph (1)(B) shall include recommendations, as appropriate, with respect to public health preparedness, response, and recovery data programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, to— streamline data collection and reduce fragmentation and address any associated challenges; reduce duplication in such programs; and improve information-sharing across programs.