[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 37846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13464]


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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 June 2002.
    The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health will convene its 
forty-first meeting in the time and place specified below:

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
    Dates and Times: June 9, 2002; 10:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.; June 10, 
2002; 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.; June 11, 2002; 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
    Place: Sheraton El Conquistador, 10000 N. Oracle Road, Tucson, 
AZ 58737, Phone: 520-544-5000.

Copper Queen Plaza, 2 Copper Queen Plaza Road, Bisbee, AZ 85603-
0414, Phone: 520-366-0066.

    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, June 9, at the Sheraton El Conquistador at 10:30 
a.m. the chairperson, the Honorable David Beasley, will open the 
meeting and welcome the Committee members. The first plenary session 
will be a breakout session for the Quality and Workforce workgroups. 
This will be followed by a lunch program during which the Committee 
will hear presentations on the healthcare infrastructure and chronic 
disease at the Border. Lunch will not be provided to the general 
public. Beginning at 1:30 p.m. the presentations will include 
discussions by the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission on general 
health issues at the Border and a discussion on the impact of 
undocumented aliens on the healthcare infrastructure.
    Monday, June 10, at 8:30 a.m. the Committee will depart to 
Bisbee, Arizona, for the remainder of the meeting. At 10:30 a.m. the 
Committee will tour the Copper Queen Hospital. Transportation to 
these locations will not be provided to the general public. From 
11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Copper Queen Plaza the Committee will 
hear presentations on the effects of the closure of hospitals 
obstetric units on area clinics, the impact of uncompensated care 
from Naco and Aqua Prieta residents on border hospitals, the effects 
of the closure of a long-term care unit, the Emergency Medical 
Treatment and Active Labor Act, and obtaining healthcare resources 
across the border.
    The final plenary session will be convened on Tuesday, June 11. 
Beginning at 7:30 a.m. there will be a review of the site visit and 
reports from the workgroups. The meeting will conclude with a 
discussion of what issues to raise in the Committee's meeting 
summary that will be sent to the Secretary. The meeting will be 
adjourned at 9:30 a.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 23, 2002.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 02-13464 Filed 5-29-02; 8:45 am]
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