The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services (NACRHHS) is a 15-member citizens' panel of nationally recognized rural health experts that provides recommendations on rural issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Originally chartered in 1987 and re-charted in 2026, the Committee advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services on ways to address health care problems in rural America.
The members typically represent expertise in the delivery, financing, research, development, and administration of health and human services in rural areas.
Each year, the Committee selects one or more topics upon which to focus during the year. By the end of the year, the Committee produces a report with recommendations on that issue for the Secretary.
In addition to the report, the Committee may also produce white papers on select policy issues. The Committee also sends letters to the Secretary after each meeting. The letters serve as a vehicle for the Committee to raise other issues with the Secretary separate and apart from the report process.