[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the 
following National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of 
February 2000.
    Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Date and Time: February 24, 2000; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. February 25, 2000; 
8:30 a.m.-;3 p.m.
    Place: Wyndham City Center Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20037, (202) 775-0800.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: Department 
programs which are directed at reducing infant mortality and improving 
the health status of pregnant women and infants; factors affecting the 
continuum of care with respect to maternal and child health care, 
including outcomes following childbirth; factors determining the length 
of hospital stay following childbirth; strategies to coordinate the 
variety of Federal, State, and local and private programs and efforts 
that are designed to deal with the health and social problems impacting 
on infant mortality; and the implementation of the Healthy Start 
initiative and infant mortality objectives from Healthy People 2000: 
National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.
    Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include: Early Postpartum 
Discharge; Low-Birth Weight; Disparities in Infant Mortality; and the 
Healthy Start Program.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should contact 
Peter C. van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Secretary, Advisory 
Committee on Infant Mortality, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 18-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone (301) 443-2170.
    Individuals who are interested in attending any portion of the 
meeting or who have questions regarding the meeting should contact Ms. 
Kerry P. Nesseler, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Telephone (301) 443-2170.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: January 10, 2000.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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