Title: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-Hazards Emergencies.
Policy area: Health

Summary:
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national advisory committee to address the needs of individuals with disabilities during all-hazards emergencies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6201 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6201

 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
  National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-
                          Hazards Emergencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2018

Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and Mr. King of 
  New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a 
  National Advisory Committee on Individuals with Disabilities in All-
                          Hazards Emergencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES 
              IN ALL-HAZARDS EMERGENCIES.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
this section referred to as 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'').
    (b) Duties.--The Advisory Committee shall--
            (1) provide advice and consultation with respect to 
        activities carried out pursuant to section 2814 of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-16), as applicable and 
        appropriate;
            (2) 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
            (3) 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) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
        U.S.C. 300hh-1(b)).
    (c) Report.--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--
            (1) 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--
                    (A) preparedness;
                    (B) planning;
                    (C) exercises and drills;
                    (D) alerts, warning, and notifications;
                    (E) evacuation;
                    (F) sheltering;
                    (G) health maintenance;
                    (H) accessing emergency programs and services;
                    (I) medical care (including mental health care);
                    (J) temporary housing;
                    (K) transitioning back to home, work, school, and 
                community;
                    (L) permanent housing;
                    (M) long term recovery;
                    (N) mitigation; and
                    (O) community resilience; and
            (2) assess the strength of existing policies to incorporate 
        such individuals as well as the efficacy of implementation.
    (d) Composition.--
            (1) In general.--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.
            (2) Required members.--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--
                    (A) the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
                Response (or their designee);
                    (B) the Director of the Administration for 
                Community Living (or their designee);
                    (C) the Director of the Biomedical Advanced 
                Research and Development Authority (or their designee);
                    (D) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention (or their designee);
                    (E) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (or their 
                designee);
                    (F) the Director of the National Institutes of 
                Health (or their designee);
                    (G) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency (or their designee);
                    (H) the Director of Office of Disability 
                Integration and Coordination (or their designee);
                    (I) the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 
                Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security (or 
                their designee);
                    (J) the Chair of the National Council on Disability 
                (or their designee);
                    (K) the Chair of the United States Access Board (or 
                their designee);
                    (L) the Director of the Disability Rights Section 
                of the Department of Justice (or their designee);
                    (M) the Secretary of the Department of Education 
                (or their designee);
                    (N) the Secretary of the Department of 
                Transportation (or their designee);
                    (O) the Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
                Urban Development (or their designee);
                    (P) a representative from the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs Health Administration's Office of 
                Emergency Management;
                    (Q) the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (or their 
                designee);
                    (R) at least four representatives who are 
                individuals with disabilities that have substantive 
                expertise in disability inclusive emergency management 
                policy and operations;
                    (S) 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
                    (T) at least two representatives from State, local, 
                territorial, or tribal agencies with expertise in 
                disability-inclusive disaster planning, preparedness, 
                response, or recovery.
    (e) Meetings.--The Advisory Committee shall meet not less than 
biannually.
    (f) Disability Defined.--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 (42 U.S.C. 12102).
    (g) Termination of Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The Advisory Committee shall terminate on 
        September 30, 2023.
            (2) Recommendation.--Not later than March 30, 2023, the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress 
        a recommendation on whether the Advisory Committee should be 
        extended.
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