Protecting Seniors During Disasters Act

Special Committee on Aging. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-379.

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Related House bill: H.R.7328 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

Related House bill: H.R.6378 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018

Related House bill: H.R.3826 Protecting Seniors During Disasters Act

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 19, 2017

Protecting Seniors During Disasters Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters.

The duties of the committee are to:

provide advice and consultation related to activities to assist at-risk individuals (people with access and functional needs that may interfere with their ability to access or receive medical care before, during, or after a disaster or emergency);

evaluate and provide input to the medical and public health needs of seniors related to preparation for, response to, and recovery from all-hazards emergencies; and

provide advice and consultation related to seniors and state emergency preparedness and response activities.

The committee shall terminate on September 30, 2021.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D–FL

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Aging (Special) Committee
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

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Sep 20, 2017
Special Committee on Aging. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-379.
Sep 19, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 19, 2017
Introduced in Senate

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