Public Health Emergency Planning and Information Act of 2001

Summary

Public Health Emergency Planning and Information Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) carry out a public health crisis education, information, and grant program; (2) publish public health crisis educational materials for use by Medicare hospitals and the general public; (3) publish information regarding community and media communications for Medicare hospitals; and (4) establish a program to provide the necessary staff and resources to communicate with the public and the press during a public health crisis, to maintain updated media resources, and to promote public health awareness in the course of the regular activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to applicant Medicare hospitals to: (1) adopt such educational materials for local use and to assist hospitals in applying such information on community and media relations and in developing ties with the local and regional media; (2) assist such hospitals in meeting epidemic training, recognition, and response standards identified by the Secretary as designed to educate Medicare hospital staff regarding epidemics resulting from natural causes or bioterrorism, and to enable such staff to effectively recognize and respond to such epidemics; and (3) reimburse such hospitals that serve an area that the President has determined warrants assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act due to the direct effects of an epidemic to reimburse for specified post-disaster costs.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 October 2001

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 25 October 2001

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 25 October 2001

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