[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27825]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Meeting

    Purusant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announces 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., November 5, 1997; 9:00 a.m.-
4:15 p.m., November 6, 1997.
    Place: Conference Room 303A-339A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Avenue S.W., Washington D.C. 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on a variety of data policy and 
privacy issues. The Committee will review its progress and consider 
next steps in addressing new responsibilities in health data standards 
and health information privacy as outlined in the administrative 
simplification provisions of P.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 P.L. 
104-191, and related date policy activities.
    The Committee also will hear a briefing on data needs and issues by 
the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics. 
Presentations also are schedued relating to the President's Commission 
on Quality and Consumer Protection, the National Vital Statistics 
Program and Standard Certificates, and confidentiality and anti-
discrimination issues in genetic testing. 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, the Committee will discuss its 
recent recommendations relating to the unique health identifier for 
individuals, and will discuss priorities and work plans. All topics are 
tentative and subject to change. Please check the NCVHS website for a 
detailed agenda.
    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 S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 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: October 14, 1997.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 97-27825 Filed 10-20-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4151-04-M