[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43805-43806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20814]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the 
following National Advisory bodies scheduled to meet during the month 
of September 1995.

    Name: Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV).
    Date and Time: September 13, 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
    Place: Parklawn Building, Conference Room D, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda

    Agenda items will include, but not be limited to: a report on the 
National Vaccine Program; a report on the Task Force for Safer 
Childhood Vaccines and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Trials from the 
National Institutes of Health; Review of the American Academy of 
Pediatrics/Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Polio and 
Pertussis Vaccine Recommendations; and routine Program reports.
    Public comment will be permitted before noon and at the end of the 
Commission meeting, as time permits. Oral presentations will be limited 
to 5 minutes per public speaker.
    Persons interested in providing an oral presentation should submit 
a written request, along with a copy of their presentation to Mr. Jerry 
Anderson, Principal Staff Liaison, Division of Vaccine Injury 
Compensation, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 8A-35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 
20852; Telephone (301) 443-1533.
    Requests should contain the name, address, telephone number, and 
any business or professional affiliation of the person desiring to make 
an oral presentation. Groups having similar interests are requested to 
combine their comments and present them through a single 
representative. The allocation of time may be adjusted to accommodate 
the level of expressed interest. The Division of Vaccine Injury 
Compensation will notify each presenter by mail or telephone of their 
assigned presentation time. Persons who do not file an advance request 
for presentation, 

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but desire to make an oral statement, may sign up in Conference Room D 
before 10:00 a.m. on September 13. These persons will be allocated time 
as time permits.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the Commission should 
contact Mr. Anderson, Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation, Bureau 
of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Room 8A-35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852; Telephone 
(301) 443-1533.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Date and Time: September 17-20, 1995; 3:00 p.m.
    Place: The Historic Inns of Annapolis, 16 Church Circle, 
Annapolis, MD 21401, (410) 263-2641.
    The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda

    The meeting will begin on Sunday, September 17, with an orientation 
for the four new members that were appointed. The orientation session 
will cover the purpose of the Committee, the structure of the meetings, 
a description of the Office of Rural Health Policy, introduction to 
TASCON (the Committee's logistics contractor), and a discussion of the 
Committee's accomplishments to date. A presentation on Conflict of 
Interest and Ethics will be presented.
    The Plenary Session will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, September 18. 
This meeting will be devoted to developing directions for a national 
rural health agenda and strategic planning for the future.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the subject Committee should 
contact Dena S. Puskin, Executive Secretary, National Advisory 
Committee on Rural Health, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-0835, FAX (301) 443-
2803.
    Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting should 
contact Ms. Arlene Granderson, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Telephone (301) 443-0835.

    Name: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice 
and Council on Graduate Medical Education.
    Date and Time: September 27, 1995, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
    Place: Bethesda Marriott, Salon A-B of the Grand Ballroom, 5151 
Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda

    Agenda items on which the councils will make recommendations are 
the computer-based requirements model developed by the contractor and 
the requirements projections. Membership will also provide 
recommendations to the Director, Bureau of Health Professions based on 
the model and. The council will also review the work done in small 
groups and recommend future work that may be needed.
    Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, or an agenda for the 
meeting contact R. Margaret Truax at (301) 443-5786.

    Name: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice.
    Date and Time: September 27, 1995, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.;
    Place: Bethesda Marriott, Salon A-B of the Grand Ballroom, 5151 
Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda

    Agenda items for the meeting will cover announcements, review of 
the computer based requirements model developed by a contractor and 
recommendations of the Council on Graduate Medical Education and the 
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice workgroups.
    Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of members, minutes of meeting or 
other relevant information should write or contact Ms. Melanie 
Timberlake, Executive Secretary, National Advisory Council on Nurse 
Education and Practice, Parklawn Building, Room 9-36, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301)443-5786.

    Name: Council on Graduate Medical Education.
    Date and Time: September 27, 1995, 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; 
September 28, 1995, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
    Place: Holiday Inn, Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20024.
    This meeting is open to the public.

Agenda

    The agenda will include a panel to discuss future directions for 
Graduate Medical Education in a managed care world; a panel to discuss 
a COGME retrospective and vision for the future; an update on COGME 
activities and a discussion of Fiscal Year 1996 activities.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the subject should contact 
F. Lawrence Clare, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Executive Secretary, telephone 
(301) 443-6326, Council on Graduate Medical Education, Division of 
Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Service 
Administration, Room 9A-27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: August 17, 1995.
Jackie E. Baum,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, HRSA.
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