[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22035]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announced the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Times and Dates: 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., September 8, 1997. 8:00 
a.m.-4:00 p.m., September 9, 1997.
    The Subcommittee on Health Data Needs, Standards and Security 
also will meet on September 8 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
    Place: Sheraton City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20037.
    The closest metro stops are Foggy Bottom (Blue and Orange lines) 
and Dupont Circle (Red Line). Limited parking is available in the 
area.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on the Committee's progress in 
addressing new responsibilities in health data standards and health 
information privacy as outlined in the administrative simplification 
provisions of Pub. L. 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as well as on related matters. 
Department officials will brief the Committee on recent activities 
of the HHS Data Council, the status of HHS activities in 
implementing the administrative simplification provisions of Pub. L. 
104-191, and related data policy activities.
    The Committee also is planning to consider Subcommittee reports 
relating to standards for health data security pursuant to Pub. L. 
104-191, HIPAA data standards content issues, and OMB standards for 
race and ethnicity reporting. Based on those reports, the full 
Committee is planning to consider its HIPAA recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services as well as comments to OMB. 
Breakout sessions are planned for the Subcommittee on Health Data 
Needs, Standards and Security, the Subcommittee on Privacy and 
Confidentiality, and the Subcommittee on Population-Specific Issues. 
In addition, a presentation is scheduled on the recent National 
Academy of Sciences panel report on Measurement and Data to Support 
Public Health Program Performance Measurement. The Committee also 
will discuss its priorities and work plans. All topics are tentative 
and subject to change.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive information as 
well as summaries of the meeting and a roster of committee members 
may be obtained by visiting the NCVHS website (http://
aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs) or by calling James Scanlon, NCVHS Executive 
Staff Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 690-7100, or 
Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 
1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, telephone 301/436-7050.

    Dated: August 13, 1997.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-22035 Filed 8-19-97; 8:45 am]
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