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Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention Policy Advisory Committee (HP/DP PAC) |
The charge to the HP/DP PAC is to review the findings of an IHS Preventive Task Force and to determine priorities and policies to guide the Initiative; to identify partners both in the Federal and non-Federal arena; and to promote the findings and strategies across the IHS Tribal and urban programs. Members:
Meets: 4 times per year Meeting Minutes: Contact: Alberta Becenti More Information |
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Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee (DSTAC) |
The DSTAC is established to provide leadership, advocacy and policy guidance. The DSTAC will:
Members: The planning committee workgroup consists of 18 members; 9 primary representatives and 9 alternate representatives from the direct service tribes in 9 areas. All representatives and alternates were selected by the member’s respective Area Director. Meets: 4 times per year Meeting Minutes: Contact: Roselyn Tso More Information |
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Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC) |
The TLDC will make recommendations to establish broad-based policy and advocacy priorities for diabetes and related chronic disease activities to the Director, IHS. The TLDC will:
Members: The Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee includes 18 members:
Meets: 4 times per year Meeting Minutes: Contact: Julie Jojola More Information |
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National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health (NTACBH) |
The NTACBH helps guide the development of, and support for, behavioral health throughout the IHS/Tribal/Urban (I/T/U) systems, and work to ensure that services are as broadly integrated, available and culturally appropriate as possible. It serves as an advisory body to the IHS Director and to the DBH. The NTAC provides guidance and recommendations regarding behavioral health programmatic issues which affect the delivery of behavioral health care for AI/ANs served by the IHS and the entire Indian Healthcare System, including I/T/U systems of care. Members: 12 elected tribal officials representing each IHS Area, and one senior agency representative as co-chair The NTAC and DBH are also supported by the Behavioral Health Working Group (BHWG) that is composed of Native behavioral health experts from across the country working primarily in tribal and urban clinical settings. They advise the Agency on technical aspects of behavioral health program development and management, act as subject matter experts to the NTAC, and report through them as well. Meets: 3 times per year, and ad-hoc depending upon Agency needs Meeting Minutes: Contact: Jon Perez , Ph.D. More Information |
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Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC) |
The TSGAC provides advice to the IHS Director and assistance on issues and concerns pertaining to Tribal Self-Governance and the implementation of the Self-Governance within the IHS. The TSGAC represents Self-Governance Tribes by acting on their behalf to clarify issues that affect all compacting tribes specific to issues affecting the delivery of health care of American Indian and Alaska Natives. On a quarterly basis, they meet to confer, discuss, and come to consensus on specific Self-Governance issues. Additionally, the TSGAC provides verbal and written advice about Self-Governance issues to the Director, IHS and the Director of the Office of Tribal Self-Governance. Members: Delegates and alternates to the TSGAC are elected Tribal officials or their designee with written authority to represent their respective IHS Area. The TSGAC is provided support from a Tribal/Federal Technical Workgroup whenever situations warrant further research and review to carry out a policy issue for the TSGAC. Meets: 4 times per year Meeting Minutes: Contact: Hankie P. Ortiz More Information |
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IHS Information systems Advisory Committee (ISAC) |
Established to guide the development of a co-owned Indian health information infrastructure and information systems. The ISAC will assist in ensuring that the information systems are available, accessible, useful, cost effective, user-friendly, and secure for local-level providers, and that these systems continue to create standardized aggregate data that supports advocacy for the Indian health programs at the national level. Recognizing that the health care delivery environment and information technologies that support it are rapidly changing, the ISAC will be flexible in interpreting the roles and rules of this document and revise them as necessary to best meet its goal. Members: Ten Permanent Members from the following organizations:
In addition, 8 members consisting of IHS staff, Tribal Leaders, and Urban program managers will be appointed to serve staggered 2-year terms. The ratio of Tribal to IHS representatives will match the current ratio of IHS direct-service delivery programs to tribally operated programs in federally appropriated budget dollars. At least one member will represent Tribes that are primarily receiving their health services through the IHS direct-service delivery program until such time as the Indian health program is fully compacted or contracted. An IHS and Tribal representative from the same service unit/facility location cannot serve at the same time on the ISAC. Meets: At least twice annually either in person, by telephone, or through video-conference. Meeting Minutes: Contact: Christy Tayrien More Information |
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GPRA Measures Steering Committee |
Review of 5 year measure plans submitted by GPRA measure leads. Members: There are 13 Tribal, IHS and Urban representatives on the committee and technical staff are resource/technical support to this group. Meets: Quarterly Meeting Minutes: Contact: Richard Church, Pharm.D. More Information |