,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #h1 #bjai,ms4 
,wilson of ,florida introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,public ,health
 ,service ,act to authorize the         
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services to award grants to nursing    
homes1 assisted living facilities1 and  
other long-term care facilities to      
improve their preparedness for power    
outages4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,disaster           
,preparedness for ,power ,outages ,act  
of #bjai4  #b4 ,improving the           
preparedness of nursing homes1 assisted 
living facilities1 and other long-term  
care facilities for power outages ,the  
,public ,health ,service ,act is amended
 by inserting after section #cai;,c-#b  
of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d-#c;b7
 the following new section3  #cai;,c-#c4
 ,improving the preparedness of nursing 

homes1 assisted living facilities1 and  
other long-term care facilities for     
power outages  7a7 ,grants ,the         
,secretary may award grants to nursing  
homes1 assisted living facilities1 and  
other long-term care facilities to      
improve their preparedness for power    
outages1 including during and after a   
natural disaster4  7b7 ,use of funds    
,the preparedness activities funded     
through a grant under this section may  
include--  7#a7 the purchase of a backup
 power source1 such as a generator1 and 
any related equipment2 and  7#b7 the    
creation of a regional resource         
directory on disaster and post-disaster 
preparedness for power outages4  7c7    
,preference ,in awarding grants under   
this section1 the ,secretary shall give 
preference to nursing homes1 assisted   
living facilities1 and other long-term  
care facilities that-- 7#a7 are located 
in areas that--  7,a7 have a high       
proportion of-- 7i7 elderly residents2  
or  7ii7 individuals who are enrolled in

 a ,state plan under title ,,xix of the 
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acif et seq47 7or under a waiver of    
such plan72 and  7,b7 have a high risk  
of hurricanes or other natural          
disasters2 and  7#b7 have not been cited
 for a substantive ,federal1 ,state1 or 
local violation4  7d7 ,authorization of 
appropriations ,to carry out this       
section1 there are authorized to be     
appropriated such sums as may be        
necessary4  4