Sec. 12. Community outreach for emergency planning. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency shall coordinate with the Commissioner of Education to perform an assessment of the number of Maine public schools that have adopted an all-hazards approach to emergency preparedness. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency and the Commissioner of Education shall coordinate their efforts for community outreach for all-hazards emergency planning. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency shall report by September 18, 2006 to the Task Force to Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs on the extent to which public schools have adopted an all-hazards approach to emergency preparedness and shall provide recommendations on how these plans should be improved.

Sec. 13. Emergency notification systems, evacuation plans and shelters. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency shall survey Maine communities to gather information on the following: the types of emergency notification systems that are in place throughout the State; evacuation plans for nursing homes currently adopted throughout the State; and shelter capabilities throughout the State, with a focus on determining how shelters are designed to accommodate populations with special needs, particularly persons with disabilities. The director shall report by September 18, 2006 to the Task Force to Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs on the results of this survey and shall provide recommendations for improvement in these areas.

Sec. 14. Emergency plans in public schools. The Commissioner of Education shall determine methods for incorporating emergency plans within the elementary and secondary public school curriculum. The commissioner shall report by January 15, 2007 on the commissioner's findings and recommended changes to the curriculum to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters.

Sec. 15. Report on hospital surge capacity. The Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in conjunction with the Maine Hospital Association, shall update its recent survey of emergency health system capacity in Maine. The Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency and the Maine Hospital Association, shall develop recommendations to address Maine's acute medical and public health surge capacity