[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5891-5892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2659]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services; 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the 
following committee will convene its forty-third meeting. The meeting 
will be open to the public.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Date and Time: March 2, 2003, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.; March 3, 2003, 8:30 
a.m.-5 p.m.; March 4, 2003, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20001-4520.
    Purpose: The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and 
Human Services provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
with respect to the delivery, research, development and 
administration of health and human services in rural areas.
    Agenda: Sunday afternoon, March 2, 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) 
Acting Deputy Director, Mr. Tom Morris. This will be followed by a 
discussion of the Committee's role in the Department, administrative 
business, and the Committee's 2003 Agenda.
    Monday morning, March 3, at 8:30 a.m. the session will open with 
a presentation by the Deputy Administrator, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, and an update by ORHP. After the break, the 
Committee will discuss and approve the 2002 projects, the report on 
rural health care quality and the white paper on the rural 
workforce. After lunch, there will be presentations on three topics 
relating to the Committee's 2003 workplan.
    The final session will be convened Tuesday morning, March 4, at 
8:30 a.m. The Committee will discuss the strategic plan, 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 and September meetings. The meeting will be 
adjourned at 3 p.m.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requiring information regarding 
the Committee should contact Tom Morris, MPA, Executive Secretary, 
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 9A-55, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, telephone (301) 443-0835, Fax 
(301) 443-2803.

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    Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting should 
contact Michele Pray-Gibson, Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), 
telephone (301) 443-0835. The Committee meeting agenda will be posted 
on ORHP's Web site http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-2659 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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