[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2716-2717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1142]


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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: January 29, 2004, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.

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    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 HHS 
Data Council activities, the adoption of data standards including 
clinical data standards, privacy rule compliance and activities of 
the Board of Scientific Advisors at the National Center for Health 
Statistics. A presentation on the Consolidated Health Informatics 
Initiative is also planned with subsequent discussion. In the 
afternoon there will be an update from the Privacy Subcommittee and 
discussion of recommendations, reports and letters that the 
Committee is working on in selected areas including claims 
attachment standards, and the Committee's 6th Report to Congress on 
the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA.) The Committee also plans to hear 
a briefing from the Executive Subcommittee from their latest 
retreat. Finally there will be a discussion of agendas for future 
NCVHS meetings.
    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, 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.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: January 5, 2004.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 04-1142 Filed 1-16-04; 8:45 am]
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