PUBLIC LAW 116–22—JUNE 24, 2019  133 STAT. 931  TITLE III—REACHING ALL  COMMUNITIES  SEC. 301. STRENGTHENING AND ASSESSING THE EMERGENCY  RESPONSE WORKFORCE.  Deadline.  Coordination.  Evaluation.  Recommenda-  tions.  Recommenda-  tions.  surge capacity for hospitals, long-term care facilities, and  other health care facilities, including—  (i) improving the existing benchmarks and objec- tive standards for the Federal grant programs  described in subsection (a)(3)(A) or developing new  benchmarks and standards for such programs; and  (ii) identifying best practices for improving public  health preparedness and response programs and med- ical surge capacity at hospitals, long-term care facili- ties, and other health care facilities, including rec- ommendations for the evaluation under subparagraphs  (C) and (D) of subsection (a)(3).  (a) NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM.—  (1) STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL  SYSTEM.—Clause (ii) of section 2812(a)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 300hh–  11(a)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows:  ‘‘(ii) be present at locations, and for limited periods  of time, specified by the Secretary on the basis that  the Secretary has determined that a location is at  risk of a public health emergency during the time  specified, or there is a significant potential for a public  health emergency.’’.  (2) REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM.—  Section 2812(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(b)(2)) is amended to  read as follows:  ‘‘(2) JOINT REVIEW AND MEDICAL SURGE CAPACITY STRATEGIC  PLAN.—  ‘‘(A) REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date  of enactment of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Prepared- ness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019, the Secretary,  in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security,  the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Veterans  Affairs, shall conduct a joint review of the National Disaster  Medical System. Such review shall include—  ‘‘(i) an evaluation of medical surge capacity, as  described in section 2803(a);  ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the available workforce of  the intermittent disaster response personnel described  in subsection (c);  ‘‘(iii) the capacity of the workforce described in  clause (ii) to respond to all hazards, including capacity  to simultaneously respond to multiple public health  emergencies and the capacity to respond to a nation- wide public health emergency;  ‘‘(iv) the effectiveness of efforts to recruit, retain,  and train such workforce; and  ‘‘(v) gaps that may exist in such workforce and  recommendations for addressing such gaps.  ‘‘(B) UPDATES.—As part of the National Health Security  Strategy under section 2802, the Secretary shall update 