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Section 2201(c) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
(c) JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
- (1) ESTABLISHMENT—The Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish a joint advisory committee to examine the communications capabilities and needs of emergency medical and public health care facilities. The joint advisory committee shall be composed of individuals with expertise in communications technologies and emergency medical and public health care, including representatives of Federal, State and local governments, industry and non-profit health organizations, and academia and educational institutions.
- (2) DUTIES—The joint advisory committee shall:
- (A) assess specific communications capabilities and needs of emergency medical and public health care facilities, including the improvement of basic voice, data, and broadband capabilities;
- (B) assess options to accommodate growth of basic and emerging communications services used by emergency medical and public health care facilities;
- (C) assess options to improve integration of communications systems used by emergency medical and public health care facilities with existing or future emergency communications networks; and
- (D) report its findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.