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§300hh–13 Evaluation of New and Emerging Technologies Regarding Bioterrorist Attack and Other Public Health Emergencies

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXVI — NATIONAL ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES › Part B — All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness and Response › § 300hh–13

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services must start and run a program to regularly check new and developing technologies that could help public health or safety officials watch for and respond to a bioterrorist attack or other public health emergency. Secretary of Health and Human Services — the federal official in charge of health programs. The Secretary must look at federal technology programs for useful tools, ask state, local, and private groups for information when needed, and test the technologies. The Secretary must work with the working group under section 247d–6(a) and other public, nonprofit, and private groups to set evaluation rules and carry out tests. A report on these actions must be sent to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate within 180 days after June 12, 2002, and then periodically after that.

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Title 42, §300hh–13

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(a)In general
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”) shall promptly carry out a program to periodically evaluate new and emerging technologies that, in the determination of the Secretary, are designed to improve or enhance the ability of public health or safety officials to conduct public health surveillance activities relating to a bioterrorist attack or other public health emergency.
(b)Certain activities
In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable—
(1)survey existing technology programs funded by the Federal Government for potentially useful technologies;
(2)promptly issue a request, as necessary, for information from non-Federal public and private entities for ongoing activities in this area; and
(3)evaluate technologies identified under paragraphs (1) and (2) pursuant to subsection (c).
(c)Consultation and evaluation
In carrying out subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall consult with the working group under section 247d–6(a) of this title, as well as other appropriate public, nonprofit, and private entities, to develop criteria for the evaluation of such technologies and to conduct such evaluations.
(d)Report
Not later than 180 days after June 12, 2002, and periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, a report on the activities under this section.

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section 247d–6 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was amended by Pub. L. 109–417, title III, § 304, Dec. 19, 2006, 120 Stat. 2859, and as so amended, subsec. (a) of section 247d–6 no longer relates to a working group. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 300hh–13

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110