[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1852]


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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 (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following 
National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of March 
2002.
    The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health will convene its 
fortieth meeting at the time and place specified below:

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Date and Time: March 3, 2002; 2 p.m.-5 p.m., March 4, 2002; 8:30 
a.m.-5 p.m., March 5, 2002; 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Grand Hyatt Capitol Hill, 100 H Street, NW, Washington, 
DC 20001-4520.
    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, March 3, 2002, at 2 p.m. the 
Chairperson, the Honorable David Beasley, will open the meeting and 
welcome the Committee. The first session will open with a discussion 
of the Meeting Agenda and Goals by the Office of Rural Health Policy 
(ORHP) Director, Dr. Marcia Brand. This will be followed by a 
discussion of the Committee's role in the Department, administrative 
business and the Committee's 2002 Agenda.
    Monday morning at 8:30 a.m., the session will open with an 
update by ORHP. After the break, the Committee will discuss and 
approve the 2001 project, ``A Targeted Look at the Rural Safety 
Net.'' After lunch, there will be presentations on two topics 
relating to the Committee's 2002 workplan.
    The final session will be convened on Tuesday, March 5. 
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. there will be a brief session with the 
National Rural Health Association's Policy Institute. This will be 
followed by a session discussing the Committee's strategic plan and 
future agenda and the selection of a Steering Committee. The 
strategic planning will continue after lunch. The meeting will 
conclude with a discussion of the June meeting. The meeting will be 
adjourned at 3:00 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: January 18, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-1852 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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