[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11011-11012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5533]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


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

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

ACTION: Notice of third meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing 
notice that the Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion and 
Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010 will hold its third annual 
meeting, as mandated by its charter. Council members are charged with 
advising the Secretary on the Development of objectives for the Healthy 
People 2010 initiative. In this meeting they have responsibility for 
reviewing the draft objectives and other documents. The 2010 initiative 
is to be released to the public in January 2000.

DATES: The Council will hold its next meeting on April 23, 1999 from 
9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. E.D.T.

ADDRESSES: Department of Health and Human Services, Sixth floor 
conference room, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 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, SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 
260-2873. The electronic mail address is: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was establish 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 charter was renewed on September 4, 1998. The 
Council meets approximately once a year and will terminate on September 
5, 2000.

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    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 
development 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 has overseen 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 
third meeting, the membership will review the framework and objectives 
for 2010 as revised by Department agencies after consideration of 
comments received from the public during a 3-months' period that ended 
on December 15, 1998. The Council will also discuss other documents 
that will accompany the compilation of objectives, including a policy 
guide, a statistical review, and options for a set of leading health 
indicators. The discussions will conclude with the members' review of 
plans for a 3-day event in late January 2000 to introduce the 2010 
initiative to the public.
    If time permits at the conclusion of the formal agenda of the 
Council, the Chair may allow brief oral statements of no more than 
three minutes in length 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. Phyllis Carroll (202-205-8611) 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. Carroll by 4:30 
p.m. E.D.T. on April 9, 1999 to inform her of this need.

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
Linda D. Meyers,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
[FR Doc. 99-5533 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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