The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Dec. 14 approved the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011 (S. 1855), American Hospital Association-supported legislation that reauthorizes the Hospital Preparedness Program, the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals, the Medical Reserve Corps and other critical preparedness activities through 2016. Among other provisions, the bill clarifies allowable activities for recipients of HPP funds and permits national collaboration among HPP-funded entities.
The legislation now must be reconciled with a House-passed version of the bill (H.R. 2405).
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