[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2389]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society 
(SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held from 
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 1, 2004 and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 
2, 2004 at the Marriott Hotel Bethesda on 5151 Pooks Hill Road, in 
Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be open to the public with 
attendance limited to space available. The meeting also will be 
webcast.
    The first half of the first day will be devoted to a presentation 
on and discussion of the work of the Committee's Inter-Meeting Task 
Force and priority setting process. The second half of the first day 
will consist of presentations on the issue of coverage and 
reimbursement, a possible priority area for the Committee. The second 
day will be entirely devoted to discussions around the top priorities 
and Committee action in these areas. Time will be provided each day for 
public comment.
    Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services 
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the 
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the 
development and use of genetic technologies and, as warranted, to 
provide advice on these issues.
    The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGHS, 
including information about access to the webcast, will be available at 
the following Web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm. 
Individuals who wish to provide public comment or who plan to attend 
the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the 
SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at (301) 496-
9838 or E-mail at [email protected]. The SACGHS office is located at 6705 
Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892.

    Dated: January 28, 2004.
LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 04-2389 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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