42 U.S.C. § 300hh–10e — Advisory Committee Coordination

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 116-22 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 198 words · no verdicts yet

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This section makes the Secretary of Health and Human Services coordinate three disaster advisory committees: for children, seniors, and people with disabilities. The Secretary must cut duplicate meetings and reports, and align programs serving these groups. Congress must get an annual update on this coordination.

(a) In general. The Secretary must coordinate the work of the advisory committees created under sections 300hh–10b, 300hh–10c, and 300hh–10d — the committees on children, seniors, and people with disabilities — and try to cut unnecessary or duplicate reports, meetings, and recommendations across them where practical. Members of these committees, or their designees, must meet once a year to coordinate any recommendations that overlap or are similar across the needs of children, seniors, and people with disabilities during public health emergencies. If this coordination happens through an in-person meeting, that meeting does not count toward the separate required in-person meeting each committee must hold under its own section. (b) Coordination and alignment. The Secretary, acting through the employee designated under section 300hh–16, must line up preparedness and response programs to address needs that overlap among children, seniors, and people with disabilities, and address any challenges in meeting those needs. (c) Notification. Each year, the Secretary must tell the relevant congressional committees what steps were taken to coordinate the recommendations under this section, with a summary of that coordination.

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(a) In general

The Secretary shall coordinate duties and activities authorized under sections 300hh–10b, 300hh–10c, and 300hh–10d of this title, and make efforts to reduce unnecessary or duplicative reporting, or unnecessary duplicative meetings and recommendations under such sections, as practicable. Members of the advisory committees authorized under such sections, or their designees, shall annually meet to coordinate any recommendations, as appropriate, that may be similar, duplicative, or overlapping with respect to addressing the needs of children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities during public health emergencies. If such coordination occurs through an in-person meeting, it shall not be considered the required in-person meetings under any of sections 300hh–10b(e), 300hh–10c(e), or 300hh–10d(d) of this title.

(b) Coordination and alignment

The Secretary, acting through the employee designated pursuant to section 300hh–16 of this title, shall align preparedness and response programs or activities to address similar, dual, or overlapping needs of children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities, and any challenges in preparing for and responding to such needs.

The Secretary shall annually notify the congressional committees of jurisdiction regarding the steps taken to coordinate, as appropriate, the recommendations under this section, and provide a summary description of such coordination.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVIII, § 2811D, as added Pub. L. 116–22, title III, § 305(d), June 24, 2019, 133 Stat. 941.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 116-22 · 133 Stat. 941

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