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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

 

Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, 
Research, and Evaluation

AGENCY: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the National Advisory 
Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation.

DATES: The meeting will be open to the public on Tuesday, May 17, 1994, 
from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
    In accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(6), 
title 5, U.S. Code, and section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, a meeting closed to the public will be held on May 17, 1994, from 
3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. to review, discuss, and evaluate grant 
applications. The discussion and review of grant applications could 
reveal confidential personal information, the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Madison Hotel, 1177 15th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah L. Queenan, Executive 
Secretary of the Advisory Council at the Agency for Health Care Policy 
and Research, 2101 East Jefferson Street Suite 603, Rockville, Maryland 
20852, (301) 594-1459.
    In addition, if sign language interpretation or other reasonable 
accommodation for a disability is needed, please contact Linda Reeves, 
the Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity, AHCPR, on (301) 594-
6666 no later than May 2, 1994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

    Section 921 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c) 
establishes the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, 
Research, and Evaluation. The Council provides advice to the Secretary 
and the Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 
(AHCPR), on matters related to the activity of AHCPR to enhance the 
quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of health care services and 
access to such services through scientific research and the promotion 
of improvements in clinical practice and the organization, financing, 
and delivery of health care services.
    The Council is composed of public members appointed by the 
Secretary. These members are:

Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D.; Edward C. Bessey, M.B.A.; Marian F. Bishop, 
Ph.D.; Linda Burnes Bolton, Dr.P.H.; Joseph T. Curti, M.D.; John W. 
Danaher, M.D.; David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D.; William S. Kiser, M.D.; 
Kermit B. Knudsen, M.D.; Norma M. Lang, Ph.D.; Barbara J. McNeil, M.D., 
Ph.D.; Walter J. McNerney, M.H.A.; Lawrence H. Meskin, D.D.S., Ph.D.; 
Theodore J. Phillips, M.D.; Louis F. Rossiter, Ph.D.; Barbara 
Starfield, M.D.; and Donald E. Wilson, M.D.

    There also are Federal ex officio Members. These members are:

    Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration; Director, National Institutes of Health; Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration; Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs); and Chief Medical 
Director, Department of Veterans Affairs.

II. Agenda

    On Tuesday, May 17, 1994, the open portion of the meeting will 
begin at 9:30 a.m. with the call to order by the Council Chairman. 
Philip R. Lee, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services will address the Council on the future of the 
Public Health Service and Health Care Reform. The Administrator, AHCPR, 
will conclude the morning meeting with an update on AHCPR activities.
    In the afternoon the Council will discuss Health Care Reform and 
the role of AHCPR. The open meeting will adjourn at 3 p.m. The Council 
will begin the closed portion of the meeting to review grant 
applications from 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will then adjourn at 
5 p.m.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.


    Dated: April 11, 1994.
J. Jarrett Clinton,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-9306 Filed 4-15-94; 8:45 am]
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