§300hh–10d National Advisory Committee on Individuals With Disabilities and Disasters

Summary

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, with the Secretary of Homeland Security, must create a national advisory committee called the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities and Disasters. The committee must give advice on federal and state emergency work. That includes medical, public health, and access needs of people with disabilities before, during, and after all-hazards emergencies, and advice on related drills and preparedness. The Secretary will appoint up to 17 members, and the total must be an odd number. The group must include leaders from key federal health, disability, and emergency agencies, at least two nonfederal health care experts, at least two state/local/Tribal/territorial emergency officials, and at least two people with disabilities who have disaster expertise. Federal members may be nonvoting if the Secretary decides. The committee must meet at least twice a year, with at least one in-person meeting each year. For this committee, "disability" means the definition in section 12102. The Secretary must coordinate the committee’s work under section 300hh–10e. The committee will end on December 31, 2026. By October 1, 2022, the Secretary must send Congress a recommendation on whether to extend the committee.