Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§300hh–10e Advisory Committee Coordination

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must coordinate advisory committees for children, seniors, and people with disabilities during public health emergencies and reduce unnecessary duplicate reports, meetings, and recommendations. Committee members or people they choose must meet once a year to align similar or overlapping recommendations; an in-person coordination meeting won’t count as any committee’s required in-person meeting. Through a designated employee, the Secretary must align programs to meet shared needs and must notify the relevant congressional committees each year with a short summary of the coordination steps.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300hh–10e

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(a)In general

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)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.

(c)Notification

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110