Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300hh–17 Emergency response coordination of primary care providers

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXVI— - NATIONAL ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES › Part Part B— - All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness and Response › § 300hh–17

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the HRSA Administrator and with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, must give guidance and technical help to health centers funded under section 254b and to state and local health departments and emergency managers. The goal is to include health centers in emergency plans and help them provide primary care during public health emergencies. The Secretary must also encourage health center staff to join emergency medical response programs, including the National Disaster Medical System (section 300hh–11), the Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (section 300hh–15), and the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Health Professions Volunteers (section 247d–7b).

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Title 42, §300hh–17

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The Secretary, acting through Administrator 11 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “the”. of the Health Resources and Services Administration, and in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, shall

(1)provide guidance and technical assistance to health centers funded under section 254b of this title and to State and local health departments and emergency managers to integrate health centers into State and local emergency response plans and to better meet the primary care needs of populations served by health centers during public health emergencies; and

(2)encourage employees at health centers funded under section 254b of this title to participate in emergency medical response programs including the National Disaster Medical System authorized in section 300hh–11 of this title, the Volunteer Medical Reserve Corps authorized in section 300hh–15 of this title, and the Emergency System for Advance Registration of Health Professions Volunteers authorized in section 247d–7b of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 300hh–17

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73