Metropolitan Medical Response System Act of 2010
Latest action · Feb 24, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Act of 2010 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a Metropolitan Medical Response System Program to support state and local jurisdictions in preparing for and maintaining all-hazards response capabilities to manage public health and mass casualty incidents resulting from natural and man-made disasters, terrorist acts, and epidemic disease outbreaks, by systematically enhancing and integrating first responders, public health personnel, emergency management personnel, and other participants in mass casualty management. (Repeals provisions of the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 regarding a Metropolitan Medical Response Program.)
Directs the Assistant Secretary, Office of Health Affairs, to develop programmatic and policy guidance for the Program in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Authorizes the Secretary, through the Administrator, to enter in contracts with local jurisdictions to assist in preparing for and responding to mass casualty incidents. Authorizes the use of contracts to support the integration of emergency management, health, and medical systems into a coordinated response to mass casualty incidents caused by any hazard.
Sets forth eligibility requirements. Encourages local jurisdictions receiving assistance under the Program to develop and maintain memoranda of understanding and agreement with neighboring jurisdictions to support a system of mutual aid among the jurisdictions.
Requires the Administrator: (1) in coordination with the Assistant Secretary, Office of Health Affairs, and a National Metropolitan Medical Response System Working Group, to issue performance measures for each local jurisdiction that enters a contract under this Act; and (2) together with the Assistant Secretary and the Working Group, to conduct a review of the Program.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 3, 2010 to Apr 13, 2010; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Feb 3, 2010 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Feb 3, 2010 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Apr 13, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2010 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2010 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2010 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 24, 2010 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
- Feb 4, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 3, 2010Introduced in House
- Feb 3, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- Feb 3, 2010Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4492 | Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Act of 2009 | Related bill | Jan 28, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Metropolitan Medical Response System Act of 2010
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Health programs administration and funding
- Homeland security
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Intergovernmental relations
- Natural disasters
- Performance measurement
- State and local government operations
- Terrorism
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2010Introduced in House
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