Sec. 4. FAMILY CAREGIVING ADVISORY COUNCIL

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## SEC. 4 FAMILY CAREGIVING ADVISORY COUNCIL ###

(a)Convening The Secretary shall convene a Family Caregiving Advisory Council to advise and provide recommendations, including identified best practices, to the Secretary on recognizing and supporting family caregivers. ###

(b)Membership ####

(1)In general The members of the Advisory Council shall consist of— #####

(A)the appointed members under paragraph (2); and #####

(B)the Federal members under paragraph (3). ####

(2)Appointed members In addition to the Federal members under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall appoint not more than 15 voting members of the Advisory Council who are not representatives of Federal departments or agencies and who shall include at least 1 representative of each of the following: #####

(A)Family caregivers. #####

(B)Older adults with long-term services and supports needs. #####

(C)Individuals with disabilities. #####

(D)Health care and social service providers. #####

(E)Long-term services and supports providers. #####

(F)Employers. #####

(G)Paraprofessional workers. #####

(H)State and local officials. #####

(I)Accreditation bodies. #####

(J)Veterans. #####

(K)As appropriate, other experts and advocacy organizations engaged in family caregiving. ####

(3)Federal members The Federal members of the Advisory Council, who shall be nonvoting members, shall consist of the following: #####

(A)The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (or the Administrator’s designee). #####

(B)The Administrator of the Administration for Community Living (or the Administrator’s designee who has experience in both aging and disability). #####

(C)The Secretary of Veterans Affairs (or the Secretary’s designee). #####

(D)The heads of other Federal departments or agencies (or their designees), including relevant departments or agencies that oversee labor and workforce, economic, government financial policies, community service, and other impacted populations, as appointed by the Secretary or the Chair of the Advisory Council. ####

(4)Diverse representation The Secretary shall ensure that the membership of the Advisory Council reflects the diversity of family caregivers and individuals receiving services and supports. ###

(c)Meetings The Advisory Council shall meet quarterly during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and at least three times during each year thereafter. Meetings of the Advisory Council shall be open to the public. ###

(d)Advisory Council Annual Reports ####

(1)In general Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the State agencies responsible for carrying out family caregiver programs, and make publicly available on the internet website of the Department of Health and Human Services, a report concerning the development, maintenance, and updating of the Strategy, including a description of the outcomes of the recommendations and any priorities included in the initial report pursuant to paragraph (2), as appropriate. ####

(2)Initial report The Advisory Council’s initial report under paragraph

(1)shall include— #####

(A)an inventory and assessment of all federally funded efforts to recognize and support family caregivers and the outcomes of such efforts, including analyses of the extent to which federally funded efforts are reaching family caregivers and gaps in such efforts; #####

(B)recommendations— ######

(i)to improve and better coordinate Federal programs and activities to recognize and support family caregivers, as well as opportunities to improve the coordination of such Federal programs and activities with State programs; and ######

(ii)to effectively deliver services based on the performance, mission, and purpose of a program while eliminating redundancies, avoiding unnecessary duplication and overlap, and ensuring the needs of family caregivers are met; #####

(C)the identification of challenges faced by family caregivers, including financial, health, and other challenges, and existing approaches to address such challenges; and #####

(D)an evaluation of how family caregiving impacts the Medicare program, the Medicaid program, and other Federal programs. ###

(e)Nonapplicability of FACA The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Advisory Council.