§247d–4b Children’s Preparedness Unit

Summary

Create and keep a team inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to advise on children’s needs before, during, and after public health emergencies. The team must report to the CDC Director. Director — the leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unit — the Children's Preparedness Unit, the internal team of experts. The team must include at least one pediatrician and can include behavioral scientists, child psychologists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, health communications staff, and other experts the Secretary chooses. The team may help State, local, Tribal, and territorial emergency planners; provide technical help, training, and advice to public health officials and eligible entities to meet measurable evidence-based benchmarks and objective standards in sections 247d–3a and 247d–3b; promote ways to include children in planning and public awareness; work with public-private groups like health care coalitions under sections 247d–3b and 247d–3c to fix gaps; give input on clinical guidance including under section 247d–3c; and do other child preparedness duties the Secretary finds appropriate.