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(a) The Legislature finds that having access to a statewide strategic stockpile in the event of emergencies and disasters is vital to our health care system and general population who rely on its resources.(b) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:
(1) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(2) “Stockpile” means the medicine, vaccine, dental, and medical stockpile created pursuant to subdivision (c).
(c) The department, in coordination with the Office of Emergency
Services, medical health operational area coordinators, as described in Section 1797.153, regional disaster and medical health coordinators and specialists, medical and health coordinators, as described in Section 1797.152, and other state agencies, shall establish a statewide strategic stockpile.
(d) The department, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services, shall establish guidelines for procurement, management, and distribution of medicine, vaccines, and dental and medical supplies items in the stockpile from the department. The department may contract with private
entities for the procurement of supplies for, and management and distribution of, the stockpile. The department may contract for the reservation of supplies stored by a private entity for the stockpile, and the distribution of those supplies, supplies to locations specified by the department, consistent with this section and policies established by the department.
(e) At a minimum, the guidelines shall take into account all of the following:
(1) The various types of items that may be required during a pandemic or other health emergency, including, but not limited to, natural disasters, man-made disasters, and mass
casualty events.
(2) The shelf life of each item that may be obtained from the department and how to restock a portion of each item to ensure the procurements are unexpired.
(3) The amount of each type of item required for a sustained health emergency.
(4) Lessons learned from previous pandemics and state emergencies, including, but not limited to, supply procurement, management, provider and recipient eligibility, distribution, and restock.
(5) Geographical distribution of stockpile storage or the location of any contracted entity’s storage facilities
responsible for management and distribution of items to locations specified by the department determined to be necessary for the stockpile.
(6) Guidance on the timely restocking of items distributed from the stockpile.
(7) Guidance on how to establish policies and standards for stockpile surge capacity to ensure that hospitals and emergency providers hospitals, emergency providers, and other designated recipients have access to an adequate supply of any relevant item during a pandemic or other health emergency.
(8) The policies and funding that would be required for the state to establish the stockpile.
(9) How distribution from any procurement shall be prioritized in the event that there is are insufficient resources to meet the identified needs of providers or employers of providers,
providers, employers of providers, and other designated recipients, including consideration of all of the following:
(A) The provider provider, recipient, or employer is in a location with a high share of low-income residents.
(B) The provider provider, recipient, or employer is in a medically underserved area, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and
Services Administration.
(C) The provider provider, recipient, or employer disproportionately serves a medically underserved population, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.
(D) The provider provider, recipient, or employer is in a county with a high infection rate or high hospitalization rate related to the declared emergency.
(f) (1) The department shall annually report to the Legislature, the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization the amount of items in the stockpile, the amount of items from the stockpile that have been used, the amount of anticipated future usage, the status of existing contracts with private entities that fulfill the procurement guidelines, the types and amount of items reserved through private entities, and plans to access and distribute items reserved by private entities for an emergency.
(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.