[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21398]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and 
Treatment Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act 
Reauthorization Workgroup

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and opportunity to provide written 
comments.

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SUMMARY: On May 15, 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC)/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment established 
the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act 
Reauthorization Workgroup. The workgroup is seeking public input about 
future HIV/AIDS care program directions including issues related to the 
third reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act. The CDC/HRSA Advisory 
Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment will subsequently 
submit a set of formal recommendations relating to future program 
directions and reauthorization issues to the HRSA Administrator.

DATES: Three public meetings will be held on September 12, 2003, 
September 25, 2003, and October 3, 2003, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To 
be assured of consideration for this public session, written comments 
should be postmarked no later than 12 days prior to each meeting.

ADDRESSES: The September 12, 2003, public meeting will be held at the 
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC, 
telephone (202) 328-2000; the September 25, 2003, public meeting will 
be held at the Miami Airport Marriott, 1201 NW., LeJeune Road, Miami, 
Florida, telephone (305) 649-5000; and the October 3, 2003, public 
meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles, 711 South Hope 
Street, Los Angeles, California, telephone (213) 683-1234. Written 
comments should be sent to the CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and 
STD Prevention and Treatment, c/o HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau, Office of 
Policy and Program Development, Attention: Regina Tosca, Parklawn 
Building, Room 7-18, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Shelley Gordon, Office of Policy 
and Program Development, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, (301) 443-5400, fax (301) 443-3323, or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings will be open to the public, 
limited only by the space available. The meeting rooms will accommodate 
approximately 80 people. The purpose of the meetings is to obtain 
public input into future program directions and issues related to the 
reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, as amended by the 
Ryan White CARE Act Amendment of 1996 and 2000 (Pub. L. 104-146 and 
Pub. L. 106-345). Written comments should be limited to no more than 10 
single-spaced pages (or 20 double-spaced, excluding addendum or 
supplemental materials) and should contain the name, address, telephone 
and fax numbers, and any organizational affiliation of the persons 
requesting to provide a written statement. All requests for making oral 
comments will be honored at the meetings on September 12, September 25, 
and October 3. Depending on the number of requests to present oral 
comments, it may be necessary to limit the length of time for each 
presenter. We are particularly interested in comments which address the 
following questions:
    1. Is the CARE Act structured to best provide Federal Emergency 
Assistance for HIV treatment and care services?
    2. What in the CARE Act works for you and what does not?
    3. Does the CARE Act provide adequate resources to respond to your 
needs or those of your community?
    4. Does the CARE Act local planning process (e.g., needs 
assessment, priority setting, and allocation processes) ensure a fair 
and appropriate opportunity to determine the HIV care and support 
service needs of your community?
    5. What are the most significant HIV service gaps in your 
community? How can the CARE Act help fill them?
    6. What are the most significant barriers to access to services? 
How can the CARE Act help overcome them?
    7. How can the CARE Act respond more fully to the current and 
changing needs of people living with HIV?
    8. What is the single most important thing you would change in the 
CARE Act and why?

    Authority: Pub. L. 92-463 (5 U.S.C., App. 2); 42 U.S.C. 217a, 
sec. 222 of the Public Health Service Act.

    Dated: August 14, 2003.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-21398 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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