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HR 6306 111th Congress House

Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2010

Official title: To improve the understanding and coordination of critical care health services.

Introduced: September 29, 2010 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
Health Advisory bodiesEmergency medical services and trauma careEmergency planning and evacuationGovernment information and archives
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Government studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingInfectious and parasitic diseasesMedical researchNatural disastersResearch administration and funding
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2010 - Requires studies on critical care in the United States by the Institute of Medicine and the Comptroller General. 

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish the Critical Care Coordinating Council to coordinate the collection and analysis of information on current NIH research relating to the care of the critically ill and injured, identify gaps in such research, and make recommendations to the Director of NIH on how to improve such research.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the adequacy of the number of critical care practitioners in disaster medical assistance teams, the Medical Reserve Corps, and the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to develop guidelines or best practices for the evacuation of intensive care units during a national health emergency, including a pandemic or natural disaster.

Requires the Secretary to establish the Panel on Emergency Preparedness Databases to: (1) assess the adequacy of existing national preparedness databases in facilitating effective and coordinated medical responses during a national health emergency; (2) identify gaps in existing information networks; and  (3) recommend specific ways to improve awareness of the availability of resources before, during, and after an incident.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6306: Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6306/
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