Authorizing Legislation: Federal-State Cooperation for control of communicable diseases

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(5) serve as a member of the Department of Health and
Human Services Coordinating Committee on Women’s Health
(established under section 229(b)(4)).
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘women’s
health conditions’’, with respect to women of all age, ethnic, and racial groups, means diseases, disorders, and conditions—
(1) unique to, significantly more serious for, or significantly more prevalent in women; and
(2) for which the factors of medical risk or type of medical
intervention are different for women, or for which there is reasonable evidence that indicates that such factors or types may
be different for women.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of
carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated
such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010
through 2014.
PART B—FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION
IN GENERAL

SEC. 311. ø243¿ (a) The Secretary is authorized to accept from
State and local authorities any assistance in the enforcement of
quarantine regulations made pursuant to this Act which such authorities may be able and willing to provide. The Secretary shall
also assist States and their political subdivisions in the prevention
and suppression of communicable diseases and with respect to
other public health matters, shall cooperate with and aid State and
local authorities in the enforcement of their quarantine and other
health regulations, and shall advise the several States on matters
relating to the preservation and improvement of the public health.
(b) The Secretary shall encourage cooperative activities between the States with respect to comprehensive and continuing
planning as to their current and future health needs, the establishment and maintenance of adequate public health services, and otherwise carrying out the public health activities. The Secretary is
also authorized to train personnel for State and local health work.
The Secretary may charge only private entities reasonable fees for
the training of their personnel under the preceding sentence.
(c)(1) The Secretary is authorized to develop (and may take
such action as may be necessary to implement) a plan under which
personnel, equipment, medical supplies, and other resources of the
Service and other agencies under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
may be effectively used to control epidemics of any disease or condition and to meet other health emergencies or problems. The Secretary may enter into agreements providing for the cooperative
planning between the Service and public and private community
health programs and agencies to cope with health problems (including epidemics and health emergencies).
(2) The Secretary may, at the request of the appropriate State
or local authority, extend temporary (not in excess of six months)
assistance to States or localities in meeting health emergencies of
such a nature as to warrant Federal assistance. The Secretary may
require such reimbursement of the United States for assistance
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able under the circumstances. Any reimbursement so paid shall be
credited to the applicable appropriation for the Service for the year
in which such reimbursement is received.
SEC. 312. ø244¿ PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants to

States,
political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to develop and implement public access defibrillation programs—
(1) by training and equipping local emergency medical
services personnel, including firefighters, police officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and other first responders,
to
administer
immediate
care,
including
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external
defibrillation, to cardiac arrest victims;
(2) by purchasing automated external defibrillators, placing the defibrillators in public places where cardiac arrests are
likely to occur, and training personnel in such places to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external
defibrillation to cardiac arrest victims;
(3) by setting procedures for proper maintenance and testing of such devices, according to the guidelines of the manufacturers of the devices;
(4) by providing training to members of the public in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external
defibrillation;
(5) by integrating the emergency medical services system
with the public access defibrillation programs so that emergency medical services personnel, including dispatchers, are informed about the location of automated external defibrillators
in their community; and
(6) by encouraging private companies, including small
businesses, to purchase automated external defibrillators and
provide training for their employees to administer
cardiopulmonary resuscitation and external automated
defibrillation to cardiac arrest victims in their community.
(b) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall give a preference to a State, political subdivision of
a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that—
(1) has a particularly low local survival rate for cardiac arrests, or a particularly low local response rate for cardiac arrest victims; or
(2) demonstrates in its application the greatest commitment to establishing and maintaining a public access
defibrillation program.
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, political subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that receives a grant under subsection (a) may use funds received through such grant to—
(1) purchase automated external defibrillators that have
been approved, or cleared for marketing, by the Food and Drug
Administration;
(2) provide automated external defibrillation and basic life
support training in automated external defibrillator usage
through nationally recognized courses;
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