[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41639-41640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20269]


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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 1996.

    Name: National Advisory Council on the National Health Service 
Corps.
    Date and Time: September 5-8, 1996
    Place: Marriott Residence Inn, 7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, 
Maryland.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    Agenda: Agenda items include updates on the National Health 
Service Corps program, policies, and budget; meetings of the Council 
workgroups on new environment strategies, health system linkages, 
and mission coalition building; and site visits to community health 
centers in the area.
    The opening meeting will be held on Thursday, September 5 from 
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On Friday, site visits will begin at 9:00 
a.m. and will be followed by a business meeting which will conclude 
about 7:00 p.m. Saturday's meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 
includes meetings of the Council workgroups. On Sunday, the meeting 
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will adjourn around noon.
    The meeting is open to the public; however, no transportation 
will be provided for the site visits. Anyone requiring information 
regarding the subject Council should contact Ms. Jewel Davis, 
National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, 8th floor, 4350 East 
West Highway, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 594-4144.
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    Name: Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV).
    Date and Time: September 10-11, 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
    Place: Parklawn Building, Conference Rooms G & H, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    The first day of the meeting, will consist of meetings of one of 
the Commission's workgroups and Subcommittees.
    Name: Workgroup on Intent, Provisions and Process.
    Date and Time: September 10, 1996; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon.
    Place: Parklawn Building, Potomac Room.
    Agenda: Agenda items will include, but not be limited to, 
discussion of the following issues: Program and policy issues 
related to the operation of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
    Name: Joint ACCV/National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) 
Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety.
    Time: September 10, 1996; 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
    Place: Parklawn Building, Conference Rooms G & H.
    Agenda: Agenda items will include, but not be limited to: 
discussion of the inclusion of adult vaccines under the National 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; and discussion of the Task 
Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, Final Report and Recommendations.
    The full Commission will meet on Wednesday, September 11 from 
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda items will include, but not be limited 
to: a report on the Vaccine Safety Subcommittee; a report from the 
Workgroup on Intent, Provision and Process; and update on the 
Proposed Polio Immunization Schedule Changes; and an update on the 
Current Status of Licensure of Acellular Pertussis Vaccines and 
routine Program reports.
    Public comment will be permitted before the Workgroup and 
Subcommittee meetings adjourn on September 10; and before noon and 
at the end of the Commission meeting on September 11. 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 
Ms. Mellissa Palmer, 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) 443-6593. 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, but desire to make an oral 
statement, may sign up in Conference Room G and H on

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September 10-11. These persons will be allocated time as time 
permits.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the Commission should 
contact Ms. Palmer.
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    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Dates and Time: September 15, 1996--3:00 p.m.
    Place: The Historic Inns of Annapolis, 16 Church Circle, 
Annapolis, MD 21401, Phone: (410) 263-2641, FAX: (410) 268-3813.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    Agenda: The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 
15, with an orientation. A reception is planned following the 
orientation.
    The plenary session on Monday, September 16, will convene at 
8:30 a.m. with a legislative update and an overview of the Office of 
Rural Health Policy activities. Committee members will review the 
American Public Health Association's resolution, ``Rural Health 
Goals: Guaranteeing a Future.'' The remainder of the day and 
Tuesday, September 17, will be devoted to formulating Committee 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
Committee members will meet in their workgroups--Education and 
Health Services and Health Care Financing--to draft these 
recommendations. The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
September 18. Adjournment is anticipated by 12:30 p.m.
    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 or Lisa Shelton, Office of 
Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Telephone (301) 443-0835.
    Agenda Items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: August 5, 1996.
Jackie E. Baum,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, HRSA.
[FR Doc. 96-20269 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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