[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6940-6941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3380]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Meeting of the Secretary's Council on Health Promotion and 
Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion.

ACTION: Notice of second meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing 
notice that the Secretary's Council on Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention Objectives for 2010 will hold its second annual meeting, as 
mandated by its charter. Council members are charged with the duty of 
advising the Secretary on the development of objectives for the year 
2010 and will have responsibility in this meeting for making 
recommendations on the arrangement and content of a draft document to 
be published for public comment later in the year.

DATES: The council will hold its next meeting on April 30, 1998 from 
8:30 a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m. E.D.T.

ADDRESSES: Department of Health and Human Services, Sixth floor 
conference room, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201. The meeting is open to the public; 
seating is limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellis Davis, Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, (202) 
260-2873. The electronic mail address is: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was established by charter on 
September 5, 1996 to provide assistance to the Secretary and the 
Department of Health and Human Services in the development of health 
promotion and disease prevention objectives to enhance the health of 
Americans by 2010. The Council meets approximately once a year and will 
terminate two years from its charter date, unless renewed prior to its 
expiration.
    The Council is charged to advise the Secretary on the development 
of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and 
objectives and to provide links with States, communities, and the 
private sector to ensure their involvement in the process of developing 
these goals and objectives. The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
chairs the Council, with the Assistant Secretary for Health as Vice 
Chair. Other members include the Operating Division Heads of the 
Department and the former Assistant Secretaries for Health. Management 
and support services are provided by the Office of Disease Prevention 
and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of 
the Secretary.
    During its tenure, the Council will oversee the development of 
Healthy People 2010, the third generation of a national initiative to 
prevent disease and promote the health of the American people. At its 
second meeting, the membership will consider options for

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the proposed framework for the 2010 initiative based on an analysis of 
public comments received during a 3-month period, which ended on 
December 15, 1997. They will make recommendations on the format to be 
adopted for publication in the fall of 1998. The members will also 
discuss proposals for 2010 objectives as provided by the HHS agencies 
after consideration of public comments. The Council's recommendations 
will form the basis of a draft of the 2010 objectives to be published 
concurrently with the draft format.
    If time permits at the conclusion of the formal agenda of the 
Council, the Chair may allow brief oral statements from interested 
parties and persons in attendance. The meeting is open to the public; 
however, seating is limited. Because of strict security in the Humphrey 
Building, members of the public who do not have a Federal government 
identification card should call Ms. Gloria Robledo (202-401-7736) when 
they arrive in the building lobby to arrange for an escort to the 
meeting. If you will require a sign language interpreter, please call 
Ms. Robledo by 4:30 p.m. E.D.T. on April 17, 1998 to inform her of this 
need.

    Dated: January 29, 1998.
Susanne A. Stoiber,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion).
[FR Doc. 98-3380 Filed 2-10-98; 8:45 am]
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