Sec. 5. Seek other funds; report. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor shall jointly seek other public and private funding sources to supplement the emergency preparedness funding referenced in section 4 that is necessary to complete the research required under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, sections 256-A and 256-B and shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services on those efforts at the first meeting of that committee held between October 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005.