Sec. 3. Advisory Council on Disability Status and Law Enforcement Interaction Data Collection
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In this section, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the Advisory Council on Disability Status and Law Enforcement Interaction Data Collection (in this section referred to as the Advisory Council ). The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Advisory Council in a manner that— provides diverse representation of populations underrepresented on advisory committees, such as underrepresented racial and ethnic populations; and ensures that more than 50 percent of the members are individuals with disabilities.
The members of the Advisory Council shall include representatives of— individuals with disabilities; individuals aged 65 and older; law enforcement organizations, including representatives of rank and file law enforcement officers; faculty or researchers, at institutions of higher education or other research institutions, with expertise in disability research; faculty or researchers, at institutions of higher education or other research institutions, with expertise in criminal justice research and statistics;
States, including State surveying agencies; State and local public safety agencies; nonprofit organizations led by and serving the disability population; the National Quality Forum or other quality measurement entity; and the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice. The Secretary shall select— a member of the Advisory Council who is an individual with a disability to be the chairperson of the Advisory Council; and a member of the Advisory Council who is a representative of a law enforcement agency to be the vice-chairperson of the Advisory Council.
The Advisory Council shall— develop a valid and reliable data collection and reporting methodology on interactions between law enforcement officers and individuals with disabilities; and provide recommendations to the Attorney General on best practices to collect disability status data in instances where a death, a shooting, or an injury has occurred as a result of an interaction with a law enforcement officer. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Secretary, the Attorney General, the Committee on Finance and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the recommended data collection and reporting methodology and other recommendations developed under paragraph (1).
After receiving the recommendations under subsection (e)(2), the Secretary shall award a grant, to an independent research organization or institution of higher education, to conduct an independent study to test the validity and reliability of the data collection and reporting methodology developed under such subsection. The Secretary shall share the results of the study conducted under paragraph
(1)with the Advisory Council as soon as practicable. Not later than 180 days after receiving the results of the study conducted under subsection (f), the Advisory Council shall reconvene and prepare and submit a report to the Secretary, the Attorney General, the Committee on Finance and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, with final recommendations on best practices to collect data on the interactions between law enforcement officers and individuals with disabilities. Upon receiving the report described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make the report available to the public. The Attorney General shall review the best practices recommended in the report under subsection (g)(1) and, to the extent that the Attorney General determines appropriate, implement the best practices within the Department of Justice. The Advisory Council shall terminate by not later than 30 days after the submission of the report to the Secretary under subsection (g)(1).