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State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act

1/16/2023, 8:33 AM

Congressional Summary of S 1520

State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to enable them to prepare for and respond to bioterrorism.

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.

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Current Status of Bill S 1520

Bill S 1520 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since October 9, 2001. Bill S 1520 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on October 9, 2001.  Bill S 1520's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. as of October 9, 2001

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1520

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
12
Democrat Cosponsors
9
Republican Cosponsors
3
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1520

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

- 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 Indians
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- 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

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1520

State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act
A bill to assist States in preparing for, and responding to, biological or chemical terrorist attacks.
State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act
Biological Chemical Attack bill

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