[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49808-49809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20620]


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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.

ACTION: Notice of fourth 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 fourth annual 
meeting, as mandated by its charter. Council members are charged with 
advising the Secretary on the development and implementation of 
objectives for the Healthy People 2010 initiative. In this meeting, 
they will discuss with invited non-Federal representatives ways to 
engage the energies of partnering organizations in collaboration to 
achieve the objectives, with a particular focus on the elimination of 
disparities in health.

DATES: The Council will hold its next meeting on September 12, 2000 
from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:30 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 established by charter on 
September 5, 1996 to provide assistance to the Secretary and the 
Department of Health and Human Services in the development and 
implementation of health promotion and disease prevention objectives to 
enhance the health of Americans by 2010. The charter was renewed on 
September 4, 1998 and is scheduled for a further renewal on September 
5, 2000. The Council meets approximately once a year and will terminate 
on September 5, 2002.
    The Council is charged to advise the Secretary on the achievement 
of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and 
objectives and to provide links with States, communities,

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and the private sector to ensure their involvement as collaborators in 
the on-going process. 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 Secretary 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. The 2010 
initiative was released to the public on January 25, 2000. At its 
fourth meeting, the Council will address plans for implementing the 
initiative over the next ten years and strategies for involving the 
widest possible range of public and private sector organizations in 
efforts to realize the aims of the initiative. Joining the members in 
their discussions will be panelists representing State and local 
governments, voluntary and professional associations, the business 
world, and schools, civic and faith-based organizations. The meeting 
will give special attention to the challenge of eliminating by the year 
2010 disparities between U.S. population groups with respect to health 
status.
    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 August 29, 2000 to inform her of this need.

    Dated: August 4, 2000.
Randolph F. Wykoff,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, (Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion).
[FR Doc. 00-20620 Filed 8-14-00; 8:45 am]
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