[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22576]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Conference 
Call

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee 
telephone conference call.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
    Time and Date: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., September 10, 2001.
    Place: Conference Call, Dial in Number (800) 403-2010, 
Participant Code 478387.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
in the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services in the area of health data, statistics, and health 
information policy. It is established by section 306(k) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(k)), and its mandate 
includes advising the Secretary on the implementation of part C of 
title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d through 1320d-
8)(the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Pub. 
L. 104-191).
    The Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality monitors major 
developments in health information privacy and confidentiality on 
behalf of the full Committee, makes recommendations to the full 
Committee and assists and advises the Department on implementation 
of the health information privacy provisions of HIPAA.
    This meeting of the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality 
will be conducted as a conference call to continue subcommittee 
discussion following the hearing held on August 21, 22 and 23 
regarding: (1) The effects of the HIPAA health information privacy 
regulation on research (both research in which treatment is given 
and records-based research); and (2) the regulation's provisions for 
use and disclosure of health information for marketing. During this 
conference call, draft recommendations will be developed on the 
implementation of the HIPAA privacy regulation (45 CFR parts 160 and 
164) with respect to matters considered at the hearing. After the 
conference call, the Subcommittee will prepare a draft letter to HHS 
Secretary Thompson. The draft letter will contain recommendations, 
and it will be reviewed by the full National Committee on Vital and 
Health Statistics at the September 24-25 meeting.
    The HIPAA privacy regulation and further information about it 
can be found on the web site of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, at 
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/. The regulation has been in effect 
since April 14, 2001. Most entities covered by the regulation must 
come into compliance by April 14, 2003, and many are beginning the 
process of implementation.
    Additional information about the Conference Call will be 
provided on the NCVHS website at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov shortly 
before the Conference Call date.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Gail Horlick, M.S.W., J.D., Lead 
Staff Person for the NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and 
Confidentiality, Office of Research and Demonstrations, Program 
Analyst, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-62, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8345; or Majorie S. Greenberg, 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 
6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 
458-4245.
    Information about the committee, including summaries of past 
meetings and a roster of committee members, is available on the 
Committee's website at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov.

    Dated: August 29, 2001.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 01-22576 Filed 9-7-01; 8:45 am]
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