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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4572 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an 

arrangement with the National Academy of Medicine to evaluate the 

preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, and 

other medical facilities for public health emergencies. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2017 

Mrs. DINGELL (for herself and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 

enter into an arrangement with the National Academy 

of Medicine to evaluate the preparedness of hospitals, 

long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical facilities for public health emergencies. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Worst-Case Scenario 

5 Hospital Preparedness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE EVALUATION 

2 AND REPORT ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF 

3 HOSPITALS, LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, 

4 DIALYSIS CENTERS, AND OTHER MEDICAL 

5 FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMER6 GENCIES. 

7 (a) EVALUATION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services shall enter into an ar11 rangement with the National Academy of Medicine 

12 or, if the National Academy declines to enter into 

13 such an arrangement, another appropriate entity 

14 under which the National Academy (or other appro15 priate entity) agrees to evaluate the preparedness of 

16 hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, 

17 and other medical facilities nationwide for public 

18 health emergencies, including natural disasters. 

19 (2) SPECIFIC MATTERS EVALUATED.—The ar20 rangement under paragraph (1) shall require the 

21 National Academy of Medicine (or other appropriate 

22 entity)— 

23 (A) to catalogue, review, and evaluate the 

24 efficacy of current rules and regulations for 

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1 ters, and medical facilities regarding emergency 

2 preparedness planning; 

3 (B) to identify and prioritize options to im4 plement policies for hospitals, long-term care 

5 facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical fa6 cilities nationwide that address future threats; 

7 (C) to review all Federal grant programs 

8 that affect the preparedness of hospitals, long9 term care facilities, dialysis centers, or other 

10 medical facilities for public health emergencies 

11 and provide recommendations for improving 

12 such preparedness by— 

13 (i) improving such existing Federal 

14 grant programs; or 

15 (ii) creating new Federal grant pro16 grams; 

17 (D) to review, identify, and recommend 

18 best practices for improving emergency pre19 paredness at hospitals, long-term care facilities, 

20 dialysis centers, and other medical facilities; 

21 (E) to identify and recommend best 

22 sources and guidelines for alterative or emer23 gency power systems, including renewable 

24 sources, battery storage, and generators; and 


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1 (F) to identify and recommend best prac2 tices and guidelines for emergency preparedness 

3 planning at hospitals, long-term care facilities, 

4 dialysis centers, and other medical facilities re5 lated to access clean water. 

6 (b) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The arrangement under sub8 section (a)(1) shall require the National Academy of 

9 Medicine (or other appropriate entity) to submit to 

10 the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 

11 the Congress, not later than 18 months after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act, a report on the re13 sults of the evaluation conducted pursuant to this 

14 section. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 

16 (1) shall— 

17 (A) describe the findings and conclusions 

18 of the evaluation conducted pursuant to this 

19 section; and 

20 (B) include a strategy for improving the 

21 preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facili22 ties, dialysis centers, and other medical facili23 ties nationwide for public health emergencies, 

24 including natural disasters. 

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