[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22576]


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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 (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following 
National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of September 
1998.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Date and Time: September 13, 1998; 5:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m.; 
September 14-15, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; September 16, 1998; 8:30 
p.m.-11:30 a.m.
    Place: Holiday Inn, Georgetown, 2101 Wisconsin Avenue, 
Washington, DC 20007, Phone: (202) 338-4600, FAX: (202) 333-6113.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    Agenda: A special session will be conducted on Sunday, September 
13, for orientation of new members who were just appointed. Monday 
will include a panel discussion of ``Rural Researchers' Access to 
National Health Survey Data,'' a presentation and discussion of the 
new guidelines for designating HPSAs, and a report on ``Critical 
Access Hospitals.'' Tuesday will include legislative, telehealth, 
and regulatory updates. A presentation and discussion on the 
``National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare'' will be 
followed by a discussion of Department interests and priorities for 
FY 1999. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the subject Committee 
should contact Ms. Arlene A. Granderson, Office, or Rural Health 
Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9-05, 
Parklawn Building, Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone (301) 443-
0835, FAX (301) 443-2803. Persons interested in attending any 
portion of the meeting or having questions regarding the meeting 
should contact Ms. Arlene Granderson or Ms. Lilly Smetana, Office of 
Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
telephone (301) 443-0835.

    Dated: August 17, 1998.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 98-22576 Filed 8-21-98; 8:45 am]
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