[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 35414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14943]


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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: June 24, 2003, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; June 25, 2003, 10 
a.m.-12:30 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, the implementation of the 
Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as well as on 
implementation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. A report on the 
Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative is also planned. In the 
afternoon there will be reports from Subcommittees on selected 
activities. Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for 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 Web site (URL below) when available. On the 
second day the Committee will hear presentations on the HHS Gateway 
to Data and Statistics on the web, and on results of a Gallup Survey 
on Federal Advisory Committee, followed by reports from 
Subcommittees. Finally, the agendas for future NCVHS meetings will 
be discussed.
    For Further Information Contact: 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, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, 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: June 6, 2003.
James Scanlon,
Acting Director, Office of Science and Data Policy, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 03-14943 Filed 6-12-03; 8:45 am]
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