[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3305]


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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: February 26, 2003--9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. February 27, 
2003--9 a.m.-1:30 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 
morning of the first day the full Committee will hear updates and 
status reports from the Department on several topics including an 
update on HHS Data Council activities and the implementation of the 
administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). There will also 
be a presentation on the Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative, 
and an update on activities at the National Center for Health 
Statistics. In the afternoon there will be a report from the 
Subcommittee on Populations on selected activities and an update on 
the NCVHS 2000-2002 report. 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 will be posted on the NCVHS website (URL below) when 
available. On the second day the Committee will hear presentations 
on ethics requirements related to federal advisory group membership 
and on population health, followed by a discussion of Committee 
organizational issues. In the afternoon, each of the NCVHS 
Subcommittees will report on their breakout sessions from the first 
day 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: February 3, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 03-3305 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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