Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300hh–35 Epidemic forecasting and outbreak analytics

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXVI— - NATIONAL ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES › Part Part C— - Strengthening Public Health Surveillance Systems › § 300hh–35

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Secretary, through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to keep building tools and skills to analyze, predict, model, and forecast infectious disease outbreaks. The work can help prepare for and respond to public health emergencies. The Secretary must look for ways to share and use these capabilities with public and private partners, including universities and other federal agencies, consistent with section 247d–4. The Secretary may use public health data and other appropriate data. Not later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, and annually thereafter for each of the subsequent 4 years, the Secretary must report progress to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.

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Title 42, §300hh–35

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(a)The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall continue activities related to the development of infectious disease outbreak analysis capabilities to enhance the prediction, modeling, and forecasting of potential public health emergencies and other infectious disease outbreaks, which may include activities to support preparedness for, and response to, such emergencies and outbreaks. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall identify strategies to include and leverage, as appropriate, the capabilities to public and private entities, which may include conducting such activities through collaborative partnerships with public and private entities, including academic institutions, and other Federal agencies, consistent with section 247d–4 of this title, as applicable.

(b)In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, may consider public health data and, as appropriate, other data sources related to preparedness for, or response to, public health emergencies and infectious disease outbreaks.

(c)Not later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, and annually thereafter for each of the subsequent 4 years, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, regarding an update on progress on activities conducted under this section to develop infectious disease outbreak analysis capabilities and any additional information relevant to such efforts.

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42 U.S.C. § 300hh–35

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73