[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11286]



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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 (Public Law 92-463), notice is hereby given that the 
following committee will convene its forty-fourth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: June 8, 2003, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m.; June 9, 2003, 8 
a.m.-5 p.m.; June 10, 2003, 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Places: The Westin Riverwalk, 420 Market Street, San Antonio, TX 
78205, and Holiday Inn, 920 E. Main, Uvalde, TX 78801.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    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, June 8, at 1 p.m. at The Westin Riverwalk the 
Chairperson, the Honorable David Beasley, will open the meeting and 
welcome the Committee. The first session will open with a discussion 
of the Committee business and a review of the 2004 workplan by The 
Honorable David Beasley and the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) 
Acting Deputy Director, Mr. Tom Morris. This will be followed by a 
dialogue about the broad health and human services issues in Texas. 
The Committee will break into workgroups for an in-depth discussion 
on the three topics for the 2004 workplan: the elderly, oral health, 
and the integration of primary care and behavioral health.
    Monday, June 9, the Committee will depart from the Holiday Inn 
at 9 a.m. for a site visit of the Uvalde Health Center's Oral Health 
Unit. Transportation will not be provided to the public. The next 
session will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn and will consist 
of presentations on aging issues and the integration of behavioral 
health and primary health care. Afterward, the Committee will again 
break into three subgroups.
    The final session will be convened Tuesday, June 10, at 8 a.m at 
the Holiday Inn. The Committee will review the site visit and draft 
an outline for the 2004 report. The meeting will conclude with a 
discussion of the upcoming September meeting, and will adjourn at 
10:30 a.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.
    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: May 1, 2003.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-11286 Filed 5-6-03; 8:45 am]
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