Sec. 4. Agency coordination with the Department
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The Agency shall coordinate with the Department, including by entering into an agreement, as appropriate, to improve cybersecurity in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. The Director shall, in coordination with the Secretary, appoint an individual, who shall be an employee of the Agency or a detailee assigned to the Department by the Director, to serve as the liaison of the Agency to the Department, who shall— have appropriate cybersecurity qualifications and expertise; and report directly to the Director. The liaison appointed under paragraph
(1)shall— provide to the owners and operators of covered assets technical assistance regarding, information on, and best practices relating to improving cybersecurity; serve as a primary contact of the Department to coordinate cybersecurity issues with the Agency; support the implementation and execution of the Plan and assist in the development of updates to the Plan; facilitate the sharing of cyber threat information to improve understanding of cybersecurity risks and situational awareness of cybersecurity incidents; manage the implementation of the agreement entered into under subsection (a); implement the training described in section 5; coordinate between the Agency and the Department during cybersecurity incidents within the Healthcare and Public Health Sector; and perform such other duties as determined necessary by the Secretary to achieve the goal of improving the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the liaison appointed under paragraph (1), in consultation with the Secretary and the Director, shall submit a report that describes the activities undertaken to improve cybersecurity coordination between the Agency and the Department to— the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The Agency shall coordinate with and make resources available to Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, information sharing and analysis centers, the sector coordinating councils, and non-Federal entities that are receiving information shared through programs managed by the Department. The coordination under paragraph
(1)shall include— developing products specific to the needs of Healthcare and Public Health Sector entities; and sharing information relating to cyber threat indicators and appropriate defensive measures.