[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13250]


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

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Date and Time: June 3, 2001; 2 p.m.-5:15 p.m., June 4, 2001; 
8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., June 5, 2001; 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m..
    Place: Squaw Valley Lodge, 201 Squaw Peak Road, Olympic Valley, 
CA 96146, Phone: 1-800-922-9970.
    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 afternoon, June 3, at 2 p.m. the acting 
chairperson, Tom Nesbitt will open the meeting and welcome the 
Committee members. The first plenary session will be a presentation 
on a public health proposal by two of the members. This will be 
followed by a discussion on the Committee's 2001 project, ``A 
Targeted Look at the Rural Safety Net.'' At 3:45 p.m. the 
presentations will include discussions on ``Maintaining the Rural 
Health Care Delivery System Safety Net.''
    Monday morning at 8:30 a.m., the Committee will prepare for site 
visits. From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. the Committee will make site visits to 
the Placer County Medical and Public Health Clinic, the Eastern 
Plumas District Hospital and the Plumas District Hospital. 
Transportation to the sites will not be provided to the general 
public.
    The final plenary session will be convened on Tuesday, June 5. 
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. there will be a brief review of the site 
visits, a review of the public health proposal presented on Sunday 
and state presentations from California and Nevada on ``Federal 
Safety Issues in Rural Areas.'' The meeting will conclude with a 
discussion on the Committee's Report, future activities and the next 
meeting. The meeting will be adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the subject 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 Michele Pray, Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), 
(301) 443-0835. The National Advisory Committee meeting agenda will 
be posted on ORHP's Web site, http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.

    Dated: May 21, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-13250 Filed 5-24-01; 8:45 am]
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