Medical stockpile award recipients would coordinate with officials and states

The proposal would require award recipients to coordinate their work and identify opportunities for states to share best practices. It covers entities receiving awards for medical product stockpiles. A related provision would refer to state or regional efforts. Recipients would work with health care organizations, health officials, and emergency management officials in the covered state or states, as appropriate.

The proposal would change two dates, authorize unspecified funding, and add regional stockpiling to a required report. The funding authorization would allow whatever sums may be necessary, without setting a fixed amount. A related report would examine the impact of any regional stockpiling approaches carried out under the pilot. One date would run through 2028, another would become 2029, and the funding authorization would cover fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

The proposal would strike the phrase “as appropriate” from Section 2811–1(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act. The change is limited to that section of the federal public health law.