Community Health Workforce Development Act

New advisory board for health centers

If enacted, the Secretary of Health and Human Services would create an Advisory Committee on Training in Community Health Centers. The committee would have 15 voting members (not federal employees) and initial appointments must be made within 90 days. Members would serve three-year terms, with the first group staggered so one-third serve 1 year, one-third 2 years, and one-third 3 years. At least 75% of members must have health professional experience and at least one member must be a community health center patient. The committee would meet at least twice a year, publish agendas 14 days before meetings, and post meeting summaries within 30 days. It would advise the Secretary, make performance measures and evaluation guidelines, and send a public report to the Secretary and Congress within 3 years and annually after. Non-federal voting members would be paid at the daily equivalent of the Executive Schedule level IV rate for days worked and get travel and per diem; non‑voting federal agency representatives could not receive extra pay for service. The Federal Advisory Committee Act would apply only as allowed and the usual statutory termination rule would not apply to this committee.