§300hh–10c National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters

Summary

Create a National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters. The Secretary, working with the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, must set it up to give advice on emergency work under section 300hh–16, to review seniors’ medical and public health needs for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters, and to advise on State preparedness activities and drills under the preparedness goals in section 300hh–1(b). The committee may also advise on grants and cooperative agreements for preparedness and response. It must meet at least twice a year, and at least one meeting each year must be in person. The Secretary must coordinate its work under section 300hh–10e. The committee must have no more than 17 members and the total number must be odd. Members include several named Federal officials or their designees (who may be nonvoting), at least 2 non‑Federal geriatric health professionals, at least 2 state/local/Tribal/territorial representatives with geriatric disaster expertise, and other Federal agency reps as needed. The committee ends on December 31, 2026. The Secretary had to send Congress a recommendation on extending it by October 1, 2022.