Sec. 501. Grant Advisory Council
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The Secretary shall establish an advisory council, to be known as the Grant Advisory Council , to advise eligible entities that receive grants under this Act on activities carried out under the grants. The advisory council shall be composed of 13 members, consisting of— 3 experts who have experience in counseling individuals and guiding individuals to guardianship alternatives, or who have data-driven expertise in ways to guide individuals to guardianship alternatives, which may include— a social services program administrator; a guardianship researcher; or an advocate for people with disabilities; and 1 health care administrator or manager with experience with guardianship alternatives; 1 administrator from a school served by a local educational agency, and 1 administrator from an institution of higher education, with experience with guardianship alternatives; 1 family member, as defined in section 301, with experience with guardianship alternatives; 1 court worker, as defined in section 401, with experience with guardianship alternatives; 3 people with disabilities, or older adults, who have successfully transitioned to a guardianship alternative, of which at least 1 shall be a person with a disability and at least 1 shall be an older adult; and 3 people with disabilities, or older adults, who are in a guardianship alternative, of which at least 1 shall be a person with a disability and at least 1 shall be an older adult.
Members shall be appointed for the life of the advisory council. Any vacancy in the council shall not affect the powers of the advisory council, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. The advisory council shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its members. The advisory council shall— advise the Secretary on, and provide general oversight for, the grant programs carried out under titles I through IV concerning the activities carried out under the grants, including development of the curricula for guardianship alternatives education; consult with the Secretary on the awarding of the grants; provide recommendations for sustainability and expansion of the guardianship alternatives education programs carried out under the grants, such as development of a train-the-trainer model for such an education program; and provide input for the evaluation methods and implementation of the evaluation described in section 502, including advising the Secretary on additional criteria for the evaluator to evaluate under section 502, to measure effectiveness of guardianship alternatives education programs described in section 502.
Not later than September 30, 2027, and not later than September 30, 2030, the advisory council shall prepare a report containing recommendations on the programs, activities, and curricula described in subsection (e)(1) and the sustainability and expansion described in subsection (e)(3). The advisory council shall submit the report to the covered committees defined in section 504(f). Subject to the limit described in section 505(b), the members of the advisory council shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the advisory council.
Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the advisory council without reimbursement to serve as a staff member for the advisory council, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege. The advisory council shall terminate on October 1, 2030.