[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62254-62255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29531]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


Request for Nominations to the National Advisory Committee on 
Rural Health

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
requesting nominations to fill five vacancies on the Secretary's 
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.

DATES: Nominations must be received by close-of-business on Friday, 
January 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Nominations and the curricula vitae of nominees should be 
sent to Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D., Executive Secretary to the National 
Advisory Committee on Rural Health, Room 9-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Shelton at the above address, or 
phone (301) 443-0835 for further information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HRSA is requesting nominations under the 
authorities that established the National Advisory Committee on Rural 
Health: the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 
92-473) and Section 22 of the Public Health Service Act.
    The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health is an 18-member 
citizens' panel appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to provide advice on rural health needs. Drawing from 
committee members' diverse experience with rural health care issues, 

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the committee annually reports to the Secretary on the rural impact of 
the Department's policies and regulations. It also offers 
recommendations for strategies that could improve the provision and 
financing of health care services in rural areas.
    Each appointee serves a four-year term and is a voting member of 
the committee. Appointees to the five seats becoming vacant will serve 
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 2000.
    This year the Department is requesting nominations for five members 
whose expertise would include experience in one or more of the 
following: (1) The development and delivery of health services in rural 
areas; (2) state government and state-wide development of rural health 
programs; (3) rural mental health/substance abuse; (4) health economics 
and health care financing; (5) rural health professions education; and 
(6) rural health research.

Nomination Procedure

    Any interested person may nominate for consideration one or more 
qualified individuals for membership on the committee. Nominators shall 
note that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of the committee 
for the full, four-year term, and that such person appears to have no 
conflict of interest that would preclude this service. For each 
nominee, nominations must include a complete curriculum vitae, a 
current business address, and a daytime telephone number. Nominators 
are invited to state why they believe a nominee to be particularly 
well-qualified. Please note that due to time constraints, incomplete 
nominations (such as those without a curriculum vitae) will not be 
considered.
    The Department has a special interest in assuring that 
appropriately qualified citizens who are women, members of a minority, 
or who have a physical disability are adequately represented on 
advisory bodies. It therefore encourages the nomination of such 
candidates to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health. The 
Department will also give close consideration to an equitable 
geographic representation.
    Appointments shall be made without discrimination on the basis of 
age, race, sex, culture, religion, or socioeconomic status.

    Dated: November 30, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-29531 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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