Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§300hh–10e Advisory Committee Coordination

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXVI— - NATIONAL ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES › Part Part B— - All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness and Response › § 300hh–10e

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must coordinate related advisory work and try to cut down on extra or repeat reports, meetings, and recommendations. Members of the advisory committees, or their designees, must meet once a year to coordinate any similar or overlapping recommendations for children, seniors, and individuals with disabilities in public health emergencies. An in-person coordination meeting does not count as other required in-person meetings. Through the employee named under section 300hh–16, the Secretary must align preparedness and response programs that address those groups’ similar needs and challenges. Each year the Secretary must tell the congressional committees in charge what was done and give a short summary of the coordination.

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Title 42, §300hh–10e

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(a)The Secretary shall coordinate duties and activities authorized under section 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 section 300hh–10b(e), 300hh–10c(e), or 300hh–10d(d) of this title.

(b)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.

(c)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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300hh–10e

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73