[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13996-13997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6945]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Advisory Committees; Notice

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations for 
membership on the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
(NCVHS). The NCVHS is the statutory public advisory body to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services in the areas of health data 
policy, data standards, health information privacy and population-based 
data. The Committee has been assigned new advisory responsibilities in 
health data standards and health information privacy as a result of the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
    One or more vacancies are expected to occur on the Committee as of 
June 1999. New members of the Committee will be appointed to terms of 
up to four years by the Secretary of Health and Human Services from 
among persons who have distinguished themselves in the following 
fields: health statistics, electronic interchange of health care 
information, privacy and security of electronic information, 
population-based public health, purchasing or financing health care 
services, integrated computerized health information systems, health 
services research, consumer interests in health information, health 
data standards, epidemiology, and the provision of health services.
    In appointing members, the Department will give close attention to 
equitable geographic distribution and to minority and female 
representation. Appointments will be made without discrimination on the 
basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, cultural, 
religious or socioeconomic status.

DATES: Nominations for new members should include a letter describing 
the qualifications of the nominee and the nominee's current resume or 
vitae. The closing date for nominations is May 7, 1999.
    Nominations should be sent to the person named below.

James Scanlon, Executive Secretary, HHS Data Council, U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Room 440-D, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690-7100

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Scanlon (202) 690-7100 or 
Marjorie Greenberg (301) 436-4253. Additional information about the 
NCVHS, including the charter, current roster, organization, and 
previous recommendations and reports is available on the NCVHS website: 
http://www.aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Committee on Vital and Health 
Statistics serves as the statutory public advisory body to the 
Department of Health and Human Services in the area of health data 
policy. In that capacity, the Committee, which will celebrate its 50th 
anniversary in 2000, provides advice and assistance to the Department 
on a variety of key health data issues, including health data 
standards, privacy, population-based-data, and national health 
information infrastructure issues.
    The Committee also provides advice to HHS on the implementation of 
the Administrative Simplification requirements of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The Committee consists of 
18 members: Of the 18 members, one is appointed by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives after consultation with the minority leader of 
the House of

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Representatives; one is appointed by the President pro tempore of the 
Senate after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, and 
16 are appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

    Dated: March 1, 1999.
Margaret A. Hamburg

    Dated: March 12, 1999.
John M. Eisenberg,
Cochairpersons, HHS Data Council.
[FR Doc. 99-6945 Filed 3-22-99; 8:45 am]
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