(D) the disposition of matters found to not 
be under the jurisdiction of the office or a De-
partment of Homeland Security component; and 
(E) recommendations on best practices or 
ways to improve the work of the office. 
(e) OFFICE OF LONG-TERM RECOVERY.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator shall establish an Office of Long Term 
Recovery. The duties of such Office shall be determined 
by the Administrator. 
SEC. 102. MEDICAL DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY 
TRAINING FACILITY. 
Section 303 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) MEDICAL DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY 
TRAINING FACILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of the FEMA 
Modernization Act of 2019, the President, acting 
through the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices in consultation with the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall es-
tablish a medical disaster response and recovery 
training facility in accordance with this subsection. 
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‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT.—The medical facility es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall be managed by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
‘‘(3) CAPACITY.—The facility established under 
this subsection shall have a capacity to train 800 
medical personnel annually, which shall increase to 
1,200 annually on the date that is 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the FEMA Modernization Act 
of 2019. 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 240 days after 
the date of enactment of the FEMA Modernization 
Act of 2019 the Administrator shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Ways 
and Means, and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Government Affairs, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, Pensions, and the Committee on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate a report containing a plan to 
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engage local and State government partners in pro-
motion of the development of surge teams. 
‘‘(d) NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL TRIAGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President, acting 
through the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, in consultation with the 
National Association of Emergency Medical Techni-
cians and the Military Health System, shall establish 
a National Disaster Medical Triage capacity that 
shall include the development of guidelines for Tac-
tical Disaster Casualty Care which shall be used for 
medical evacuation protocols to be implemented by 
local and State governments in advance of certain 
major disasters, as designated by the Administrator 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to— 
‘‘(A) remove individuals with requisite 
health conditions, including dialysis patients, 
heart patients, diabetics, physically impaired in-
dividuals, pregnant individuals, those who have 
recently delivered a child, and individuals recov-
ering from surgery, out of the path of danger; 
and 
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‘‘(B) establish medical priorities policies 
for certain disaster situations, as determined by 
the Administrator, to reduce loss of life and 
human suffering. 
‘‘(2) LOCAL
EFFORTS.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Administrator shall promote local ef-
forts to develop compacts with medical systems to 
take patients for short-term disaster evacuation or 
to host locations for field hospitals when needed. 
‘‘(3) LIABILITY PROTECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to this para-
graph, a covered person shall be immune from 
suit and liability under Federal and State law 
with respect to all claims for medical care by a 
board certified or accredited practitioner arising 
out of medical services provided to an individual 
in the course of a medical evacuation protocol 
described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘cov-
ered person’ means a person— 
‘‘(i) who is a health care provider li-
censed under the laws of the State in 
which the action giving rise to the claim 
described in subparagraph (A) occurred; 
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‘‘(ii) who was providing medical serv-
ices that are within the scope of the per-
son’s license; 
‘‘(iii) was acting in accordance with a 
protocol described in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(iv) is acting in a volunteer capacity. 
‘‘(C) WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.—This para-
graph shall not apply in the case of willful mis-
conduct (as such term is defined in section 
319F–3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247–6d). 
‘‘(e) INCIDENT MEDICAL RECOVERY MANAGEMENT 
TEAM.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of the FEMA Modernization Act of 2019, the Presi-
dent, acting through the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency and in consultation with 
the American College of Surgeons and the Department of 
Defense Health Agency, shall establish an Incident Med-
ical Recovery Management Team to determine best prac-
tices in implementing an Advanced Trauma Life Support 
capabilities, to assess health impacts that result from fed-
erally declared disasters.’’. 
SEC. 103. LABOR TRAINING PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish a program to provide education and job training 
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