[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 75601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32161]


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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-sixth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services
    Date and Time: February 22, 2004; 2 p.m.-5 p.m.; February 23, 
2004; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; February 24, 2004; 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Place: Grand Hyatt Washington, 1000 H Street NW., Washington, DC 
20001, Phone: 1-800-233-1234.
    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 afternoon, February 22, 2004 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 Committee business and a review of the 2004 Report to the 
Secretary by the Honorable David Beasley. This will be followed by 
an update from the Committee Staff represented by the following: Ms. 
Jennifer Riggle, Office of Rural Health Policy; Mr. Dennis Dudley, 
Administration on Aging; and Ms. Rachel Owen, Administration on 
Children and Families. The final session for the day will be an 
overview of the Medicare Prescription Drug Bill. The Sunday meeting 
will close at 5 p.m.
    Monday morning, February 23, 2004 at 8:30 a.m. the meeting will 
begin with the 2005 Report Planning, led by the Honorable David 
Beasley and Mr. Tom Morris, Acting Deputy Director of the Office of 
Rural Health Policy. At 9:30 a.m. the Committee will hear a 
presentation of the Rural Priorities of the Department of Health and 
Human Services by Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children 
and Families and Secretary Tommy Thompson (invited). The Committee 
will resume discussion of the 2005 Workplan and break for a joint 
lunch with the National Rural Health Association Policy Institute 
(lunch will be provided for the Committee only). After lunch the 
Committee will hear a panel discussion on rural health and human 
services emerging issues. The Monday session will end with continued 
discussion of the 2005 Workplan.
    The final session will be convened Tuesday morning, February 24 
at 8:30 a.m. The Committee will review the discussion of the 2005 
Workplan. The meeting will conclude with a discussion of the June 
and September meetings. The meeting will be adjourned 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: December 23, 2003.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 03-32161 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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