[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 88 (Thursday, May 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 25409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10321]


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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 the fourth 
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 p.m. on June 14, 2004, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on June 
15, 2004, at the Marriott Hotel Bethesda at 5151 Pooks Hill Road, 
Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be webcast. The meeting will be 
open to the public with attendance limited to space available.
    The first half of the first day will be devoted to an informational 
update on the status of genetic nondiscrimination legislation and 
presentation and discussion of an information gathering activity 
conducted by the Committee's education task force. In addition, the 
Committee will be reviewing a draft resolution on genetics education 
and training. The second half of the first day will consist of 
discussion and deliberation on a draft report on the issue of coverage 
and reimbursement for genetic technologies. The second day will be 
devoted to discussions around a draft resolution on the issue of 
direct-to-consumer marketing and consideration of a draft Vision 
Report. 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: April 29, 2004.
LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 04-10321 Filed 5-5-04; 8:45 am]
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