State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2025
The State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2025 reauthorizes and expands the state medical stockpile pilot program run by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) through fiscal year 2030. The bill extends current authorizations (allowing continued funding and implementation through 2025–2026 for certain provisions) and broadens the program to support regional stockpiling efforts and the sharing of best practices among states in a consortia. It adds a formal coordination requirement for award recipients to work with health care entities, public health officials, and emergency management within their jurisdiction. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the impact of regional stockpiling approaches. In short, the bill aims to strengthen and extend state (and regional) medical stockpiling efforts, encourage inter-state collaboration and regional approaches, mandate coordination with key partners, and improve oversight through enhanced GAO reporting.
Key Points
- 1Extension of pilot program authorizations through fiscal years 2025–2030, with specific timing adjustments to existing authorization windows.
- 2New authority to facilitate sharing of best practices among states within consortia that receive funding for establishing and maintaining medical stockpiles.
- 3Expansion from purely “State” efforts to “State or regional” efforts, broadening the geographic scope of stockpile activities.
- 4Introduction of a formal coordination requirement: award recipients must coordinate activities with appropriate health care entities, health officials, and emergency management officials within their jurisdiction.
- 5Added GAO reporting requirement to evaluate the impact of regional stockpiling approaches carried out under the program.