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About the
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee
(TCAC)
(FACA Exempt)
The purpose of the CDC TCAC
is to provide a complementary venue wherein tribal
representatives and CDC staff will exchange information about
public health issues in Indian country, identify urgent public
health needs in AI/AN communities, and discuss collaborative
approaches to addressing these issues and needs. The CDC TCAC
will support, and not supplant any other
government-to-government consultation activities that CDC
undertakes. | |
In addition to assisting CDC in the planning and coordination of
biannual tribal consultation sessions, the TCAC will provide an
established, recurring venue wherein tribal leaders will advise
CDC regarding the government-to-government consultation process
and will help to ensure that CDC activities or policies that
impact Indian country are brought to the attention of all tribal
leaders. The TCAC will assist CDC in the planning and
coordination of Tribal consultation sessions and help to ensure
that CDC activities or policies that impact Indian country are
brought to the attention of Tribal leaders. |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has
adopted a Tribal Consultation Policy (TCP) that applies to all HHS
Divisions and includes CDC. The HHS TCP
directs Divisions to establish a process to ensure accountable,
meaningful, and timely input by Tribal officials in the development
of policies that have Tribal implications. The President also
signed an Executive Memorandum entitled “Government-to-Government
Relationship with Tribal Governments”, reaffirming this
government-to-government relationship with Indian Tribes on
September 23, 2004. In response to these directives, CDC developed
a Tribal Consultation Policy that adheres to all provisions in the
HHS TCP and establishes the TCAC. The CDC will confer with
tribal and Alaska Native organizations and AI/AN urban and rural
communities before taking actions and/or making decisions that
affect them.
The TCAC will be composed of 16 members (and designated
alternates) who are either elected or appointed officials of Tribal
Governments (or tribal employees who are designated to act on their
behalf), or representatives from national tribal organizations
designated by Tribal leaders to act on their behalf. TCAC membership will include representation from each of 12
geographic areas served by the Indian Health Service (IHS). These
Areas include the following: Alaska Area, Albuquerque Area,
Aberdeen Area, Billings Area, Bemidji Area, California Area,
Nashville Area, Navajo Area, Oklahoma Area, Phoenix Area, Portland
Area, and Tucson Area.
In addition, the TCAC will include one
representative (and designate alternates) from 4 national tribal
organizations: the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), National
Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Tribal Self-Governance Advisory
Committee (TSGAC), and Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee (DSTAC).
Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee (TCAC) Home
Last Reviewed: September 24, 2008
Last Modified: September 24, 2008
Content Source:
Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities (OMHD) |
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