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

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;

    (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;

    (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.

    (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.