[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12324]


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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 
June 2000.

    Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Date and Time: June 28, 2000; 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; June 29, 
2000; 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
    Place: DoubleTree Park Terrace Hotel, 1515 Rhode Island Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20005, (202) 232-7000.
    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 2010.
    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, ACIM, 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 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, HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
Telephone (301) 443-2170.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities are further 
determined.

    Dated: May 9, 2000.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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