[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 33983-33986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14613]




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                Executive Order 13544 of June 10, 2010

                
Establishing the National Prevention, Health 
                Promotion, and Public Health Council

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 4001 of the Patient 
                Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
                148), it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment. There is established within 
                the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
                National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public 
                Health Council (Council).

                Sec. 2. Membership.

                    (a) The Surgeon General shall serve as the Chair of 
                the Council, which shall be composed of:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture;

(2) the Secretary of Labor;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Education;

(6) the Secretary of Homeland Security;

(7) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;

(8) the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission;

(9) the Director of National Drug Control Policy;

(10) the Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy 
Council;

(11) the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs;

(12) the Chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service; 
and

(13) the head of any other executive department or agency that the Chair 
may, from time to time, determine is appropriate.

                    (b) The Council shall meet at the call of the 
                Chair.

                Sec. 3. Purposes and Duties. The Council shall:

                    (a) provide coordination and leadership at the 
                Federal level, and among all executive departments and 
                agencies, with respect to prevention, wellness, and 
                health promotion practices, the public health system, 
                and integrative health care in the United States;
                    (b) develop, after obtaining input from relevant 
                stakeholders, a national prevention, health promotion, 
                public health, and integrative health-care strategy 
                that incorporates the most effective and achievable 
                means of improving the health status of Americans and 
                reducing the incidence of preventable illness and 
                disability in the United States, as further described 
                in section 5 of this order;
                    (c) provide recommendations to the President and 
                the Congress concerning the most pressing health issues 
                confronting the United States and changes in Federal 
                policy to achieve national wellness, health promotion, 
                and public health goals, including the reduction of 
                tobacco use, sedentary behavior, and poor nutrition;

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                    (d) consider and propose evidence-based models, 
                policies, and innovative approaches for the promotion 
                of transformative models of prevention, integrative 
                health, and public health on individual and community 
                levels across the United States;
                    (e) establish processes for continual public input, 
                including input from State, regional, and local 
                leadership communities and other relevant stakeholders, 
                including Indian tribes and tribal organizations;
                    (f) submit the reports required by section 6 of 
                this order; and
                    (g) carry out such other activities as are 
                determined appropriate by the President.

                Sec. 4. Advisory Group.

                    (a) There is established within the Department of 
                Health and Human Services an Advisory Group on 
                Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and 
                Public Health (Advisory Group), which shall report to 
                the Chair of the Council.
                    (b) The Advisory Group shall be composed of not 
                more than 25 members or representatives from outside 
                the Federal Government appointed by the President and 
                shall include a diverse group of licensed health 
                professionals, including integrative health 
                practitioners who are representative of or have 
                expertise in:

(1) worksite health promotion;

(2) community services, including community health centers;

(3) preventive medicine;

(4) health coaching;

(5) public health education;

(6) geriatrics; and

(7) rehabilitation medicine.

                    (c) The Advisory Group shall develop policy and 
                program recommendations and advise the Council on 
                lifestyle-based chronic disease prevention and 
                management, integrative health care practices, and 
                health promotion.

                Sec. 5. National Prevention and Health Promotion 
                Strategy. Not later than March 23, 2011, the Chair, in 
                consultation with the Council, shall develop and make 
                public a national prevention, health promotion, and 
                public health strategy (national strategy), and shall 
                review and revise it periodically. The national 
                strategy shall:

                    (a) set specific goals and objectives for improving 
                the health of the United States through federally 
                supported prevention, health promotion, and public 
                health programs, consistent with ongoing goal setting 
                efforts conducted by specific agencies;
                    (b) establish specific and measurable actions and 
                timelines to carry out the strategy, and determine 
                accountability for meeting those timelines, within and 
                across Federal departments and agencies; and
                    (c) make recommendations to improve Federal efforts 
                relating to prevention, health promotion, public 
                health, and integrative health-care practices to ensure 
                that Federal efforts are consistent with available 
                standards and evidence.

                Sec. 6. Reports. Not later than July 1, 2010, and 
                annually thereafter until January 1, 2015, the Council 
                shall submit to the President and the relevant 
                committees of the Congress, a report that:

                    (a) describes the activities and efforts on 
                prevention, health promotion, and public health and 
                activities to develop the national strategy conducted 
                by the Council during the period for which the report 
                is prepared;
                    (b) describes the national progress in meeting 
                specific prevention, health promotion, and public 
                health goals defined in the national strategy and 
                further describes corrective actions recommended by the 
                Council and actions taken by relevant agencies and 
                organizations to meet these goals;

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                    (c) contains a list of national priorities on 
                health promotion and disease prevention to address 
                lifestyle behavior modification (including smoking 
                cessation, proper nutrition, appropriate exercise, 
                mental health, behavioral health, substance-use 
                disorder, and domestic violence screenings) and the 
                prevention measures for the five leading disease 
                killers in the United States;
                    (d) contains specific science-based initiatives to 
                achieve the measurable goals of the Healthy People 2020 
                program of the Department of Health and Human Services 
                regarding nutrition, exercise, and smoking cessation, 
                and targeting the five leading disease killers in the 
                United States;
                    (e) contains specific plans for consolidating 
                Federal health programs and centers that exist to 
                promote healthy behavior and reduce disease risk 
                (including eliminating programs and offices determined 
                to be ineffective in meeting the priority goals of the 
                Healthy People 2020 program of the Department of Health 
                and Human Services);
                    (f) contains specific plans to ensure that all 
                Federal health-care programs are fully coordinated with 
                science-based prevention recommendations by the 
                Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
                Prevention; and
                    (g) contains specific plans to ensure that all 
                prevention programs outside the Department of Health 
                and Human Services are based on the science-based 
                guidelines developed by the Centers for Disease Control 
                and Prevention under subsection (d) of this section.

                Sec. 7. Administration.

                    (a) The Department of Health and Human Services 
                shall provide funding and administrative support for 
                the Council and the Advisory Group to the extent 
                permitted by law and within existing appropriations.
                    (b) All executive departments and agencies shall 
                provide information and assistance to the Council as 
                the Chair may request for purposes of carrying out the 
                Council's functions, to the extent permitted by law.
                    (c) Members of the Advisory Group shall serve 
                without compensation, but shall be allowed travel 
                expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as 
                authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in 
                Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707), consistent 
                with the availability of funds.

                Sec. 8. General Provisions.

                    (a) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
                as amended (5 U.S.C App.) may apply to the Advisory 
                Group, any functions of the President under that Act, 
                except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be 
                performed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
                in accordance with the guidelines that have been issued 
                by the Administrator of General Services.
                    (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect:

(1) authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the 
head thereof; or

(2) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

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                    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    June 10, 2010.

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