Bill > HR4421

This bill, the Preparing for All Hazards and Pathogens Reauthorization Act, aims to reauthorize and enhance various programs under the Public Health Service Act related to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response. Key provisions include: - Reauthorizing and modifying the Strategic National Stockpile, including transferring full responsibility to the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response and increasing funding authorization. - Establishing a Diagnostic Testing Preparedness Plan to facilitate rapid development, authorization, scaling, procurement, and distribution of diagnostic tests during public health emergencies. - Reauthorizing and expanding the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support advanced research and development of medical countermeasures against pandemic-potential viral threats. - Reauthorizing and modifying programs like the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals, the National Disaster Medical System, and the Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps. - Establishing or extending the sunset dates for several advisory committees focused on disaster preparedness and response, including committees related to children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. The bill seeks to strengthen the nation's public health security and emergency preparedness capabilities across various areas, with a particular focus on medical countermeasure development, stockpiling, and distribution.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4421/all-info