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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300hh–37 One Health framework

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–37

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must have the CDC Director create or update a One Health plan to deal with diseases that jump between animals and people and to make public health better prepared. The Secretary must also work with the Agriculture and Interior Secretaries to set up a federal One Health coordination system for prevention, detection, control, and response. No later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, the Secretary must send a report on these actions to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300hh–37

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop, or update as appropriate, in coordination with other Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, a One Health framework to address zoonotic diseases and advance public health preparedness.
(b)The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a One Health coordination mechanism at the Federal level to strengthen One Health collaboration related to prevention, detection, control, and response for zoonotic diseases and related One Health work across the Federal Government.
(c)Not later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report providing an update on the activities under subsections (a) and (b).

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats, and Pandemics Act, also known as the PREVENT Pandemics Act, and also as part of the Health Extenders, Improving Access to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, and Strengthening Public Health Act of 2022, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300hh–37

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73