H.R. 3263 · 117th Congress
DHS Medical Countermeasures Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Introduced
- 2021-05-17
- Latest action
- 2021-07-21 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Summary
DHS Medical Countermeasures Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel readiness and protection for DHS employees and working animals in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support DHS mission continuity.
The Chief Medical Officer of DHS shall (1) provide programmatic oversight of the program, (2) establish a medical countermeasures working group, and (3) develop and submit to DHS an integrated logistics support plan for medical countermeasures.