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Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-102

§748a Prioritization of Facilities

Title 6 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › SUBCHAPTER II — COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM › Part A — National Preparedness System › § 748a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 180 days after October 5, 2018, the Administrator must give yearly guidance and training to State, local, and Indian tribal governments, first responders, and utility companies. The training must explain why help should be focused on hospitals, nursing homes, and other long‑term care facilities so they stay working or get power back quickly after outages from natural hazards like severe weather, how those facilities should prepare for power loss during a major disaster or emergency (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 5122), and how all the parties should make and coordinate plans and activate them before a major disaster, including severe weather.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §748a

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Not later than 180 days after October 5, 2018, the Administrator shall provide guidance and training on an annual basis to State, local, and Indian tribal governments, first responders, and utility companies on—
(1)the need to prioritize assistance to hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities to ensure that such health care facilities remain functioning or return to functioning as soon as practicable during power outages caused by natural hazards, including severe weather events;
(2)how hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities should adequately prepare for power outages during a major disaster or emergency, as those terms are defined in section 5122 of title 42; and
(3)how State, local, and Indian tribal governments, first responders, utility companies, hospitals, nursing homes, and other long-term care facilities should develop a strategy to coordinate emergency response plans, including the activation of emergency response plans, in anticipation of a major disaster, including severe weather events.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 and also as part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, and not as part of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Administrator” and “State” as used in this section, see section 1203 of Pub. L. 115–254, set out as a note under section 5122 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 748a

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102