State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act
Latest action · Oct 29, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) State plans which shall include a description of the State process to detect and respond to bioterrorism and of State efforts to stockpile medications, vaccines, antibiotics, and medical supplies; (2) annual submissions to the Secretary of an updated State plan; (3) permissible uses of grant funds; and (4) fund allocations.
Requires specified Federal agencies to provide to States information, including: (1) a description of the probable agents of a biological or chemical attack; and (2) model or proposed bioterrorism plans with respect to such an attack.
Establishes within the Office of Homeland Security an Assistant Director for State Coordination.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) carry out activities to implement a national communications system; (2) develop a national emergency communication plan; and (3) establish an Internet web-site that contains training, and bioterrorism-related emergency, information.
Requires: (1) the Secretary to award grants to each State to carry out table-top and computer-based biological or chemical attack simulations; (2) the CDC Director to provide each State with simulation exercises; (3) each State that receives a grant to complete at least one of the required simulations; and (4) the Secretary to provide for the conduct of a biological or chemical attack simulation in three geographically diverse States that receive a grant.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Oct 17, 2001Introduced in House
- Oct 17, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1520 | State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act | Identical bill | Oct 9, 2001 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Bacterial diseases
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Chemical warfare
- Chemical weapons
- Civil defense
- Communication in medicine
- Computer simulation
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crisis management
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Diseases
- Drugs
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Electronic data interchange
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical personnel
- Emergency medical services
- Employee training
- Environmental Protection
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health planning
- Health services administration
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Indian medical care
- Information technology
- International Affairs
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Local laws
- Medical education
- Medical laboratories
- Medical personnel
- Medical supplies
- Minorities
- Police
- Police training
- Public health administration
- Research centers
- Risk assessment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State laws
- State officials
- Terrorism
- Vaccines
- Virus diseases
- War
- Web sites
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