[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 6634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1714]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee; 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 2001.
    The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health will convene its 
thirty-seventh meeting at the time and place specified below:

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Date and Time: February 4, 2001; 2:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m.; February 
5, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; and February 6, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-4:15 
a.m.
    Place: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 628-2100.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    Purpose: The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health 
provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary with respect to 
the delivery, research, development, and administration of health 
care services in rural areas.
    Agenda: Sunday, February 4, at 2:00 p.m. the chairperson, 
Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker will open the meeting and welcome the 
committee members. The new director of the Office of Rural Health 
Policy (ORHP) will give an update on office activities. The first 
plenary session will be a presentation on the Medicare Reform 
Report. The day will close at 4:45 PM.
    Monday morning at 8:30 a.m., there will be presentations on 
federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. After 
lunch, there will be a presentation on what the States are doing 
about the uninsured. The day will close at 4:45 PM.
    Tuesday morning at 8:30 am, the Committee will discuss report 
recommendations. There will be a presentation on rural public 
health, and an update on Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) 
activities. After lunch, additional presentations and discussion on 
the uninsured. At the end of the day the Committee will discuss 
future activities and next meeting. The meeting will be adjourned at 
4:15 PM.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should 
contact Marcia K. Brand, Ph.D., Executive Secretary, National 
Advisory Committee on Rural Health, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9A-55, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, telephone (301) 443-0835, FAX (301) 443-2803.
    Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting 
should contact Sandi Lyles or Lilly Smetana, Office of Rural Health 
Policy, (301) 443-0835. The National Advisory Committee meeting 
agenda will be posted on ORHP's website, www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.


    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-1714 Filed 1-19-01; 8:45 am]
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