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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§300hh–35 Epidemic Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary, through the CDC Director, must keep building tools to study infectious disease outbreaks so we can better predict and model them and help prepare for and respond to them. The Secretary must find ways to share or use these tools with public and private partners, including universities and other federal agencies, as allowed under section 247d–4. Not later than 1 year after December 29, 2022, and each year for the next 4 years, the Secretary must report progress to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Title 42, §300hh–35

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

(a)In general
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)Considerations
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)Annual reports
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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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300hh–35

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110