The recently enacted healthcare reform legislation established a number of new task forces and advisory commissions to provide recommendations on various aspects of the nation’s healthcare system

1. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
Advisory Board for State Cooperatives Make recommendations To include individuals with “national national Original
(15 Members appointed by the to HHS Sec’y re: loans and recognition for their expertise in health finance and appointments
Comptroller General) grants for creating economics, actuarial science, health facility within 3 months of
insurance CO-OPs management, health plans and integrated delivery enactment
systems, reimbursement of health facilities,
allopathic and osteopathic physicians, and other
Sec 1322(b)(3) providers of health services, and other related fields,
who provide a mix of different professionals, broad
geographic representation, and a balance between
urban and rural representatives.”
Must include: “physicians and other health
professionals, experts in the area of pharmaco-
economics or prescription drug benefit programs,
employers, third–party payers, individuals skilled in
the conduct and interpretation of biomedical, health
services, and health economics research and
expertise in outcomes and effectiveness research
and technology assessment . . . representatives of
consumers and the elderly.”
Majority of commission must not be providers.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid “To test innovative (No councils named, but likely regulatory input Up and running by
Innovation payment and service opportunities; determining lead for Center) Jan 2011
delivery models to
reduce” spending while
preserving/enhancing
quality of care
Sec 3021, as modified by
Sec 10320

2. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
Independent Payment Advisory Board Makes recommendations Include individuals with “national recognition for Initial funding
to slow the growth of their expertise in health finance and economics, FY2012
15 Members appointed by the President Medicare spending and actuarial science, health facility management, health
national health care plans and integrated delivery systems, Advisory reports
spending reimbursement of health facilities, allopathic and start no later than
osteopathic physicians, and other providers of Jan 2014
Sec 3403, as modified by health services, and other related fields, who provide
Sec 10320 a mix of different professionals, broad geographic
representation, and a balance between urban and
rural representatives.”
Board to include: “physicians and other health
professionals, experts in the area of pharmaco-
economics or prescription drug benefit programs,
employers, third-party payers, individuals skilled in
the conduct and interpretation of biomedical, health
services, and health economics research and
expertise in outcomes and effectiveness research
and technology assessment . . . also include
representatives of consumers and the elderly.”
Majority of Board members must not be providers.
Must not have any other vocation.
Consumer Advocacy Council for To advise the Board on 1 representative from among each of the 10 regions Initial funding
Independent Payment Advisory Board the impact of payment established by the Secretary as of the date of FY2012
policies on consumers enactment of this section
10 Consumer Representatives Appointed Advisory reports
by the Comptroller General Sec 3403(k) Must represent “the interests of consumers and start no later than
particular communities” Jan. 2014
Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Responsible for Should include “licensed health professionals, First report due July

3. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
Promotion, and Integrative and Public developing policy and including integrative health practitioners who have 1, 2010.
Health program expertise in worksite health promotion; community
recommendations & services, including community health centers;
Up to 25 Members appointed by advise Nat’l Prevention, preventive medicine; health coaching; public health
President Health Promotion, & education; geriatrics; and rehabilitation medicine.”
Reports into the Surgeon General Public Health Council on
lifestyle-based chronic
disease prevention and
management, integrative
healthcare practices, and
health promotion
Sec. 4001(f)
Community Preventive Services Task Duties include: “Individuals with appropriate expertise” (not specific, but
Force Developing topic areas near term)
for new
CDC Director to convene recommendations and
interventions;
Review interventions
and update
recommendations in
existed topic areas (at
least every 5 years);
Improve integration
with federal health
objectives & target
setting;
Provide technical
assistance in
implementation;

4. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
Provide annual reports
to Congress on gaps in
research and areas of
priority
Sec 4003(b)
Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Reports to HHS Secretary; 12 nonfederal voting members: Within 1 year of
Committee to coordinate all efforts 6 appointed “from among scientists, physicians, and enactment
within the HHS and other other health professionals”
Appointed by HHS Secretary 6 from members “of the general public, who are
Federal agencies that
12 nonfederal voting members representatives of leading research, advocacy, and
relate to pain research.
Up to 7 from federal agencies conducting service organizations for individuals with pain-
pain research related conditions
Sec 4305
Can include other nonvoting members
National Healthcare Workforce Serve as a resource for Members shall include individuals “with national First report due by
Commission governments recognition for their expertise in health care labor October 2011
market analysis, including health care workforce
15 members appointed by the Evaluates education and analysis; health care finance and economics; health
Comptroller General training activities to care facility management; health care plans and
determine if demand for integrated delivery systems; health care workforce
healthcare workers being education and training; health care philanthropy;
met. providers of health care services; and other related
fields; and
Identifies & makes
recommendations to Must represent combination of professional
address barriers to better perspectives, broad geographic representation, and
coordination at federal, a balance between urban, suburban, rural, and
state, and local levels. frontier representatives.

5. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
Encourages innovations Must include at least one representative of: “the
to address population health care workforce and health professionals;
needs, constant changes employers; third-party payers; individuals skilled in
in technology, and other the conduct and interpretation of health care
environmental factors. services and health economics research;
representatives of consumers; labor unions; State or
local workforce investment boards; and educational
Sec 5101, as modified by institutions.
Sec 10501
Majority must not be providers in education or
practice.
Commission on Key National Indicators Duties include: “individuals who have shown a dedication to Within 60 days of
“comprehensive improving civic dialogue and decision-making enactment
8 Members appointed equally by Majority oversight of a newly through the wide use of scientific evidence and
and Minority Leaders in the Senate and established key FY2010 $10M
factual information”
Speaker and Minority Leader in the House national indicators authorization
system” Cannot include elected government officials
recommend “how to
improve the key
national indicators
system”
“coordinate with
Federal Government
users and information
providers to assure
access to relevant and
quality data;” and
“enter into contracts
with” National

6. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
Academy of Sciences
Sec 5605
Board of Governors for Patient-Centered Carry out the duties of 3 members representing “patients and health care Appointed within 6
Outcomes Research Institute the Patient-Centered consumers” months of
Outcomes Research enactment
17 Members appointed by Comptroller Institute 5 members representing “physicians and providers,
General including at least 1 surgeon, nurse, State-licensed Initial report due
Sec 6301(f) integrative health care practitioner, and within 18 months
representative of a hospital.” of enactment
3 members representing “private payers, of whom at
Note: Center will also have Expert least 1 member shall represent health insurance
Advisory Panels issuers and at least 1 member shall represent
employers who self-insure employee benefits”
3 members representing “pharmaceutical, device,
and diagnostic manufacturers or developers”
1 member representing “quality improvement or
independent health service researchers”
2 members representing “the Federal Government or
the States, including at least 1 member representing
a Federal health program or agency.”
Must represent a “broad range of perspectives” and
“collectively have scientific expertise in clinical
health sciences research, including epidemiology,

7. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
decisions sciences, health economics, and statistics.”
Methodology Committee for Patient- “work to develop and Must be “experts in their scientific field, such as Initial work due no
Centered Outcomes Research Institute improve the science and health services research, clinical research, later than 18
methods of comparative comparative clinical effectiveness research, months from
15members appointed by the clinical effectiveness biostatistics, genomics, and research enactment
Comptroller General research” methodologies.”
Stakeholders with such expertise may be appointed
Sec 6301(d)(6) to the methodology committee.”
Elder Justice Coordinating Council to create multidisciplinary Members of the general public “with experience and Initial report due
strategic plans “for the expertise in elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation within 18 months
27 Members appointed by HHS Sec’y development of the field prevention, detection, treatment, intervention, or of enactment
of elder justice and to prosecution.”
Nominations solicited through notice in make recommendations
Federal Register to the Elder Justice
Coordinating Council”
Sec 2022
CLASS Independence Advisory Council Advise HHS Sec’y on Majority of members must represent “individuals Funding starts
administration of CLASS who participate or are likely to participate in the FY2011
Up to 15 individuals not employed by program and in the CLASS program, and shall include representatives of
federal government formulation of regulations older and younger workers, individuals with
under this title including disabilities, family caregivers of individuals who
Appointed by the President development of benefit require services and supports to maintain their
plan, determination of independence at home or in another residential
premiums, and financial setting of their choice in the community, individuals
solvency of the program. with expertise in long-term care or disability
insurance, actuarial science, economics, and other
Sec 8002 relevant disciplines, as determined by the Secretary.”
(Sec 3207)

8. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
CLASS Independence Fund Board of Hold and monitor Secretaries of Treasury, Labor, and HHS along with 2
Trustees soundness of the CLASS members of the public of different political parties
Independence Fund;
2 Members appointed by the President annual reports to
Congress; recommend
changes as needed in
management of Fund
Sec 8002 (Sec 3206)
Personal Care Attendants Workforce Examine and advise on Members must include: Within 90 days of
Advisory Panel workforce issues related Individuals with disabilities of all ages. enactment
to personal care Seniors.
No number of members specified attendant workers Representatives of individuals with disabilities.
Appointed by HHS Sec’y (adequacy, salaries, Representatives of seniors.
benefits, and access to Representatives of workforce and labor
services provided by organizations.
workers) Representatives of home and community-based
service providers.
Sec 8002(c) (Sec 3201) Representatives of assisted living providers.
Cures Acceleration Network Review Board Advises Director of NIH At least one member each “eminent in” the following Not clear
on activities of Cures fields :
24 Members appointed by HHS Sec’y Acceleration Network basic research;
medicine;
Sec. 10409 biopharmaceuticals;
discovery and delivery of medical products;
bioinformatics and gene therapy;
medical instrumentation; and
regulatory review and approval of medical
products.

9. National Council DRAFT
Name of Advisory Body Responsibilities/ Criteria for Members Timeframe
Statutory Authority
At least 4 who are “recognized leaders in
professional venture capital or private equity
organizations and have demonstrated experience in
private equity investing.”
At least 8 who “represent disease advocacy
organizations.”
Advisory Committee for Young Women’s Advise HHS Sec’y on “Such members as deemed necessary” and shall Within 60 days of
Breast Health Awareness Education creating and conducting include “organizations and individuals with expertise enactment
Campaign an education campaign to in breast cancer, disease prevention, early detection,
increase awareness of diagnosis, public health, social marketing, genetic
No number of members stated young women’s screening and counseling, treatment, rehabilitation,
Appointed by Director of CDC knowledge of breast palliative care, and survivorship in young women.”
health
Sec. 10413