[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15767-15768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7949]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meetings

    Pursuant 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), 
Executive Subcommittee.
    Times and Dates: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., April 21, 1999.
    Place: Conference Room 405A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 
Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The Executive Subcommittee of the National Committee on 
Vital and Health Statistic (NCVHS) is scheduled to hold a meeting on 
Wednesday, April 21, 1999 in the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 
Washington, DC. The NCVHS is the Department's statutory federal 
advisory committee on health data, privacy and health information 
policy. At the meeting, the Subcommittee plans to discuss NCVHS 
subcommittee and work group plans for 1999, review the status of 
committee projects, priorities and initiatives, and plan for the 
June 1999 meeting of the full committee. In addition, the 
Subcommittee is expected to review and finalize the NCVHS 1998 
Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the 
Administrative Simplification Provisions of HIPAA, as well as the 
report to the Secretary on NCVHS activities and accomplishments 
during 1996-1998.
    All topics are tentative and subject to change. Please check the 
NCVHS website for a detailed agenda prior to the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive information as 
well as a roster of committee members may be obtained by visiting 
the NCVHS website (http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs), where an agenda 
will be posted prior to the meeting. You may also contact James 
Scanlon, NCVHS Executive Staff Director, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D, Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 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-
4253.

    Note: In the interest of security, the Department has instituted 
stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey Building 
by non-government employees. Thus, individuals without a

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government identification card may need to have the guard call for 
an escort to the meeting room.

    Date: March 25, 1999.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Program Systems, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 99-7949 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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