We hereby create the Interagency Coordinated Assets for Insular Health Response (ICAIHR).
ORGANIZATION: ICAIHR will be established within the existing structure of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA). Established by the President on May 8, 2003, (Executive Order 13299) the IGIA is administered by Department of the Interior and consists exclusively of the heads of the executive departments and the heads of such agencies as the Secretary of the Interior may designate.
PURPOSE: The purpose of ICAIHR will be:
- To assess the health care needs of each of the seven insular areas including Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in consultation with appropriate leaders from these areas.
- To develop a priority list of actions, specific to each insular area, that addresses the most critical health care needs.
- To prepare a report for each insular area and submit the report to the IGIA.
MEMBERSHIP: Membership of the ICAIHR will include representatives of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Defense, Veterans Affairs, and the Interior, and will be designated by each Department.
TIMING: The assessments and reports for each insular area will be completed by June 2009.
| DIRK KEMPTHORNE Secretary of the Interior |
JAMES B. PEAKE, M.D. Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| JOXEL GARCIA, M.D Assistant Secretary for Health Department of Health and Human Services |
DAVID S.C. CHU Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness |
DATE: September 29, 2008