[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28293]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date: November 19, 2002--9 a.m.-6 p.m. November 20, 2002--
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations and 
hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the first day 
the full Committee will hear updates and status reports from the 
Department on several topics including the implementation of the 
administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). There will also be 
a discussion of the Committee's proposed recommendations to the 
Department on privacy and code sets for medical records. There will be 
Subcommittee breakout sessions late in the afternoon of the first day 
and prior to the full Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for 
these breakout sessions may be found on the NCVHS website (URL below). 
On the second day the Committee will hear presentations on data issues 
on minority health and population-based health. Each of the NCVHS 
Subcommittees will report on their breakout sessions and other 
activities. Finally, the agendas for future NCVHS meetings will be 
discussed.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee 
members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 
Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. 
Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web 
site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an 
agenda will be posted when available.

    Dated: October 29, 2002.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 02-28293 Filed 11-6-02; 8:45 am]
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