Sec. 110. National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies
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Subtitle B of title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300hh et seq.), as amended by sections 102 and 109, is further amended by inserting after section 2811C the following: Not later than 90 days after the date of this section, the Secretary shall establish a national advisory committee to be known as the National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies (referred to in this section as the Advisory Committee ). The Advisory Committee shall— provide advice and consultation with respect to activities carried out pursuant to section 2814, as applicable and appropriate; evaluate and provide input with respect to the public health, accessibility, and medical needs of individuals with disabilities as they relate to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all-hazards emergencies; and provide advice and consultation with respect to State emergency preparedness and response activities, including related drills and exercises pursuant to the preparedness goals under section 2802(b).
Not later than February 1, 2020, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that evaluates the extent to which individuals with disabilities are thoroughly included in disaster preparedness planning and disaster recovery.
Such report shall— include recommendations that offer specific improvements that could be made across local, State, tribal, territorial, and Federal efforts to improve outcomes in areas that include— preparedness; planning; exercises and drills; alerts, warning, and notifications; evacuation; sheltering; health maintenance; accessing emergency programs and services; medical care (including mental health care); temporary housing; mitigation; and community resilience; and assess the strength of existing policies to incorporate such individuals as well as the efficacy of implementation.
The Secretary, in consultation with such other heads of agencies and departments as may be appropriate, shall appoint not to exceed 25 members to the Advisory Committee. In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint to the Advisory Committee such individuals as may be appropriate to perform the duties described in subsections (b), which shall include— the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (or their designee); the Director of the Administration for Community Living (or their designee); the Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (or their designee); the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or their designee); the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (or their designee); the Director of the National Institutes of Health (or their designee); the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or their designee); the Director of Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (or their designee); the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security (or their designee); the Chair of the National Council on Disability (or their designee); the Chair of the United States Access Board (or their designee); the Director of the Disability Rights Section of the Department of Justice (or their designee); the Secretary of the Department of Education (or their designee); the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (or their designee); the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (or their designee); a representative from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration’s Office of Emergency Management; the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (or their designee); at least four representatives who are individuals with disabilities that have substantive expertise in disability inclusive emergency management policy and operations; at least two non-Federal health care professionals with expertise in disability accessibility before, during, and after disasters, medical and mass care disaster planning, preparedness, response, or recovery; and at least two representatives from State, local, territorial, or tribal agencies with expertise in disability-inclusive disaster planning, preparedness, response, or recovery.
The Advisory Committee shall meet not less than biannually. For purposes of this section, the term disability has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The Advisory Committee shall terminate on September 30, 2023. Not later than March 30, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a recommendation on whether the Advisory Committee should be extended. .
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Sec. 110
National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies
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