[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 208 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27462]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date: November 28, 2000--9 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT.
November 29, 2000--10:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
first day an update from HHS has been scheduled on the 
implementation of the administrative simplification provisions of 
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
(HIPAA). The Committee will be briefed by the Director of the 
National Center for Health Statistics on several health data 
activities. In addition, there may be a discussion of a possible 
draft letter to the HHS Secretary regarding digital signatures. The 
Committee will also discuss action items reported in the summary 
from its 50th Anniversary Symposium held earlier in the year. There 
will also be a report on two recent meetings of the World Health 
Organization's (WHO) collaborating Center for the Classification of 
Diseases. A panel discussion has been scheduled on HIPAA 
implementation issues. The first day will end with breakout sessions 
for subcommittees and workgroups. Day two will also begin with 
breakout sessions and then the full committee will be briefed on 
selected HHS data policy initiatives and will hear an analysis of 
State privacy laws. The afternoon session will be devoted to hearing 
reports from the subcommittees and workgroups and the setting of 
future agendas.
    Notice: In the interest of security, HHS has instituted 
stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey building 
by non-government employees. Persons without a government 
identification card may need to have the guard call for an escort to 
the meeting.
    Contact Person for Core Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of 
committee members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, Presidential 
Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 
(301) 458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page 
of the HHS website: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 
information including an agenda will be posted when available.

    Dated: October 18, 2000.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 00-27462 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]
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