[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12963-12964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5693]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration Advisory Council; Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following
National Advisory bodies scheduled to meet during the month of April
1995:
Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality.
Date & Time: April 6-7, 1995, 9:00 a.m.
Place: Embassy Row Hotel, 2015 Massachusetts Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20037.
The meeting is open to the public.
Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to
the Secretary on the following: Department programs which are
directed at reducing infant mortality and improving the health
status of pregnant women and infants; how best to coordinate the
variety of Federal, State, local and private programs and efforts
that are designed to deal with the health and social problems
impacting on infant mortality; and the implementation of the Healthy
Start initiative and infant mortality objectives from Healthy
People: 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Objectives.
Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include: Presentation on
Quality Assurance in Managed Care and Medicaid Waiver Programs;
updates on the Healthy Start Program; Welfare Reform; Prenatal Care
Issues; and swearing in of new Committee members.
Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should
contact Dr. Peter van Dyck, Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee
on Infant Mortality, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Room 18-44, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-2204.
Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting
should contact Ms. Kerry P. Nesseler, Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Telephone
(301) 443-2204.
Name: National Commission on Allied Health.
Date & Time: April 17-18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.
Place: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202, (703) 920-3230.
The meeting is open to the public.
Purpose: The National Commission on Allied Health shall: (1)
make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives,
with respect to: (A) The supply and distribution of allied health
personnel throughout the United States; (B) current and future
shortages or excesses of allied health personnel, particularly in
medically underserved and rural communities; (C) priority research
needs within the allied health professions; (D) appropriate Federal
policies relating to the matters described in subparagraphs (A)
through (C), including policies concerning changes in the financing
of undergraduate and graduate allied health programs, changes in the
types of allied health education, and the appropriate Federal role
in the development of a research base in the allied health
professions; (E) appropriate efforts to be carried out by health
care facilities, schools and programs of allied health, and
professional associations with respect to the matter referred to in
subparagraph (A), including efforts for changes in undergraduate and
graduate allied health education programs, and private support for
research initiatives; (F) deficiencies and needs for improvements in
existing data bases concerning the supply and distribution of
training programs for allied health in the United States and steps
that should be taken to eliminate such deficiencies; and (G)
problems, and recommendations for the resolution of such problems,
relating to the roles and functions of professionals within the
allied health fields and other fields such as medicine and
dentistry; and (2) encourage entities providing allied health
education to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the
recommendations of the Commission.
Agenda: The agenda includes review by the Commission members of
the Final Report incorporating materials from the four Committees
(education, data, research, and workforce) and white papers;
presentation of cross-cutting issues and final recommendation;
discussion of issues and recommendations with professional
associations, educators, licensing boards, third-party payers,
consumer groups, and others.
Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should
contact Mr. Neil H. Sampson, Executive Secretary, National
Commission on Allied Health, Bureau of Health Professions, Health
Resources and Services Administration, room 8-101, Parklawn
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone
(301) 443-6853.
Name: National Advisory Council on Migrant Health.
Date and Time: April 22-23, 1995--8:00 a.m.
Place: Doubletree Hotel, 201 Marquette, NW., Albuquerque, NM
87102, 505/247-3344.
The meeting is open to the public.
Purpose: The Council is charged with advising, consulting with,
and making recommendations to the Secretary and the Administrator,
Health Resources and Services Administration, concerning the
organization, operation, selection, and funding of Migrant Health
Centers and other entities under grants and contracts under section
329 of the Public Health Service Act.
Agenda: The agenda includes a overview of Council general
business activities and priorities. In addition, the Council will
review and discuss the 1995/96 National Advisory Council on Migrant
Health Recommendations.
The Council meeting is being held in conjunction with the
National Association of Community Health Centers, Annual Migrant
Health Conference, April 24-27, 1995.
Anyone requiring information regarding the subject Council
should contact Susan Hagler, Migrant Health Program, Staff Support
to the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health, Bureau of
Primary Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, 4350
East West Highway, Room 7A6-1, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone
(301) 594-4302.
Name: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice.
Date and Time: April 27, 1995--8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Place: Woodmont Room, Crown Plaza Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland 20852.
Date and Time: April 28, 1995--8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Place: Conference Room E, 3rd Floor, B Wing, Parklawn Building,
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
The meeting is open to the Public 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., April 27
and on April 28 from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m. for the
remainder of the meeting.
Closed April 28, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Purpose: The Council advises the Secretary and Administrator,
Health Resources and Services Administration, concerning general
regulations and policy matters arising in the administration of the
Nursing Education and Practice Improvement Amendments of 1992 (P.L.
102-148). The Council also performs final review of selected grant
applications for Federal Assistance, and makes recommendations to
the Administrator, HRSA.
Agenda: Agenda items for the meeting will cover announcements,
considerations of minutes of the previous meeting, the reports of
the Administrator, Health Resources and [[Page 12964]] Services
Administration, the Director, Bureau of Health Professions, the
Director, Division of Nursing, and staff reports. The council will
also meet in breakout groups to discuss current issues related to
nurse education and practice.
The meeting will be closed to the public on April 28, 10:30 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m. for review of grant applications for Nursing Education
Opportunities for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. The
closing is in accordance with the provisions set forth in section
552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the Determination by the Associate
Administrator for Policy Coordination, Health Resources and Services
Administration, pursuant to Public Law 92-463.
Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, minutes of
meetings, or other relevant information should write or contact R.
Margaret Truax, Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council on
Nurse Education and Practice, Parklawn Building, Room 9-35, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-5786.
Agenda Items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: March 3, 1995.
Jackie E. Baum,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, HRSA.
[FR Doc. 95-5693 Filed 3-8-95; 8:45 am]
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