Agency coordination with the Department

(a) In general The Agency shall coordinate with the Department to improve cybersecurity in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. (b) Agency liaison to the Department (1) Appointment The Director shall, in coordination with the Secretary, appoint an individual, who shall be an employee of the Agency or a detailee assigned to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response Office of the Department by the Director, to serve as a liaison of the Agency to the Department, who shall— (A) have appropriate cybersecurity qualifications and expertise; and (B) report directly to the Director. (2) Responsibilities and duties The liaison appointed under paragraph (1) shall— (A) serve as a primary contact of the Department to coordinate cybersecurity issues with the Agency; (B) support the implementation and execution of the Plan and assist in the development of updates to the Plan; (C) facilitate the sharing of cyber threat information between the Department and the Agency to improve understanding of cybersecurity risks and situational awareness of cybersecurity incidents; (D) assist in implementing the training described in section 5; (E) facilitate coordination between the Agency and the Department during cybersecurity incidents within the Healthcare and Public Health Sector; and (F) perform such other duties as determined necessary by the Secretary to achieve the goal of improving the cybersecurity of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector. (3) Report (A) Requirement Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director, shall submit a report that describes the activities undertaken to improve cybersecurity coordination between the Agency and the Department to— (i) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (ii) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. (B) Contents The report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include— (i) a summary of the activities of the liaison appointed under paragraph (1); (ii) a description of any challenges to the effectiveness of the liaison appointed under paragraph (1) completing the required duties of the liaison; and (iii) a study of the feasibility of an agreement to improve cybersecurity in the public sector of healthcare. (c) Resources (1) In general The Agency shall coordinate with and make resources available to Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, information sharing and analysis centers, the sector coordinating councils, and non-Federal entities that are receiving information shared through programs managed by the Department. (2) Scope The coordination under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) developing products specific to the needs of Healthcare and Public Health Sector entities; and (B) sharing information relating to cyber threat indicators and appropriate defensive measures.