1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening the National Disaster Medical System Act of 2019 . 2. National disaster medical system (a) Strengthening the national disaster medical system Clause (ii) of section 2812(a)(3)(A) of the Public Health Service Act ( 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. . (b) Review of the national disaster medical system Section 2812(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act ( 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 Strengthening the National Disaster Medical System 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 the capacity to simultaneously respond to multiple public health emergencies and the capacity to respond to a nationwide public health emergency; (iv) the effectiveness of efforts to recruit, retain, and train such workforce