[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24312-24313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12066]



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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.

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 Thursday, May 30, 
1996, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. A closed portion of the Council will 
meet from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 
Calvert Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008.

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-
6665 no later than May 23, 1996.

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 AHCPR activities 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 in the organization, financing, 
and delivery of health care services.
    The Council is composed of public members appointed by the 
Secretary. These members are: Robert A. Berenson, M.D.; F. Marian 
Bishop, Ph.D.; Linda Burnes Bolton, Dr. P.H.; John W. Danaher, M.D.; 
Helen Darling, M.A.; Nancy J. Kaufman, M.S.; William S. Kiser, M.D.; 
Robert M. Krughoff; Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D.; W. David Leak, M.D.; 
Harold S. Luft, Ph.D.; Barbara J.

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McNeil, M.D.; Walter J. McNerney, M.H.A.; Edward B. Perrin, Ph.D; Louis 
F. Rossiter, Ph.D.; Albert L. Siu, M.D.; and Ellen B. White, M.B.A.
    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 Thursday, May 30, 1996, the meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. with 
the call to order by the Council Chairman. The Administrator, AHCPR, 
will update the status of current Agency issues and program 
initiatives. The Council will then discuss issues concerning the 
guideline program, public/private sector collaboration, and 
improvements to the large grant program. The Council will recess at 
3:45 p.m. The Council will begin the closed portion of the meeting to 
review grant applications from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. Agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: May 8, 1996.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-12066 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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