I 
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 med-
ical facilities for public health emergencies. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Worst-Case Scenario 
Hospital Preparedness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE EVALUATION 
AND REPORT ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF 
HOSPITALS, LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, 
DIALYSIS CENTERS, AND OTHER MEDICAL 
FACILITIES 
FOR 
PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
EMER-
GENCIES. 
(a) EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Academy of Medicine 
or, if the National Academy declines to enter into 
such an arrangement, another appropriate entity 
under which the National Academy (or other appro-
priate entity) agrees to evaluate the preparedness of 
hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis centers, 
and other medical facilities nationwide for public 
health emergencies, including natural disasters. 
(2) SPECIFIC MATTERS EVALUATED.—The ar-
rangement under paragraph (1) shall require the 
National Academy of Medicine (or other appropriate 
entity)— 
(A) to catalogue, review, and evaluate the 
efficacy of current rules and regulations for 
hospitals, long-term care facilities, dialysis cen-
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ters, and medical facilities regarding emergency 
preparedness planning; 
(B) to identify and prioritize options to im-
plement policies for hospitals, long-term care 
facilities, dialysis centers, and other medical fa-
cilities nationwide that address future threats; 
(C) to review all Federal grant programs 
that affect the preparedness of hospitals, long- 
term care facilities, dialysis centers, or other 
medical facilities for public health emergencies 
and provide recommendations for improving 
such preparedness by— 
(i) improving such existing Federal 
grant programs; or 
(ii) creating new Federal grant pro-
grams; 
(D) to review, identify, and recommend 
best practices for improving emergency pre-
paredness at hospitals, long-term care facilities, 
dialysis centers, and other medical facilities; 
(E) to identify and recommend best 
sources and guidelines for alterative or emer-
gency power systems, including renewable 
sources, battery storage, and generators; and 
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(F) to identify and recommend best prac-
tices and guidelines for emergency preparedness 
planning at hospitals, long-term care facilities, 
dialysis centers, and other medical facilities re-
lated to access clean water. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The arrangement under sub-
section (a)(1) shall require the National Academy of 
Medicine (or other appropriate entity) to submit to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 
the Congress, not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, a report on the re-
sults of the evaluation conducted pursuant to this 
section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) describe the findings and conclusions 
of the evaluation conducted pursuant to this 
section; and 
(B) include a strategy for improving the 
preparedness of hospitals, long-term care facili-
ties, dialysis centers, and other medical facili-
ties nationwide for public health emergencies, 
including natural disasters. 
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