[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 56567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting

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

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. September 10, 2002, 8:30 
a.m.4:00 p.m. September 11, 2002.
    Place: Boston Park Plaza Hotel, 64 Arlington Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 021163912, Phone: (617) 4262000.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting of the Subcommittee on 
Privacy and Confidentiality is to gather information on 
implementation plans for the final regulation ``Standards for 
Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information'' (45 CFR 
parts 160 and 164), promulgated under the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The regulation and 
further information about it can be found in the Web site of the 
Office for Civil Rights at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/.
    The meeting will seek information from invited panels of experts 
from the industry about implementation plans and practical issues 
identified so far in implementation of the regulation, and 
suggestions about possible solutions for such issues. The 
Subcommittee particularly seeks detailed information about the 
following: (1) Technical assistance plans and needs, (2) outreach, 
education and training efforts, (3) compliance resources, (4) best 
practices, (5) public-private partnerships, (6) State preemption 
analyses, and (7) the quality of vendors and consulting 
organizations. The panels will include representatives from various 
sectors of the healthcare industry, including small providers, 
health plans, and State agencies.
    In addition to the panels that will be invited to address these 
issues, members of the public who would like to make a brief (3 
minutes or less) oral comment on one or more of the specified issues 
during the meeting will be placed on the agenda as time permits. To 
be included on the agenda, please contact Marietta Squire (301) 
4584524, by e-mail at [email protected], or postal address at NCHS, 
Presidential Building, Room 1100, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782 by August 30, 2002. Additional information about the 
meeting will be provided on the NCVHS Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov shortly before the meeting date.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information may be obtained from Stephanie Kaminsky, J.D., Lead 
Staff Person for the NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and 
Confidentiality, Office of Civil Rights, Department of Health & 
Human Services, JFK Bldg., Government Center Rm. 1825, Boston, MA 
02203, telephone 6175651352; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 
Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 4584245. 
Information about the committee, including summaries of past 
meetings and a roster of committee members, is available on the 
Committee's Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov.

    Dated: August 27, 2002.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation.
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