[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19241]


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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-seventh meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: September 12, 2004, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.; 
September 13, 2004, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; September 14, 2004, 8 a.m.-
10:30 a.m.
    Place: Executive Inn, 1011 N. Gloster St., Tupelo, MS 38804. 
Phone: 662-841-2222.
    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, September 12, 2004, at 1:30 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 updates by Federal staff. This will be 
followed by an overview of Tupelo, MS. The Committee will then break 
into Subcommittee format to discuss the 2005 Report and reconvene at 
4 p.m. The Sunday session will close at 4:30 p.m.
    Monday morning, September 13, 2004, at 9 a.m. the Committee will 
break into Subcommittees and conduct site visits to local health and 
human services facilities. Transportation to these facilities will 
not be provided to the public. The Collaboration Subcommittee will 
visit the CREATE Foundation, the Commission on the Future of 
Northeast Mississippi in Tupelo, MS; the Temporary Assistance for 
Needy Families Subcommittee will visit Project Lift in Monroe 
County, MS; the Obesity Subcommittee will visit West Point in Clay 
County, MS; and the Obstetrics Subcommittee will visit Gilmore, MS. 
The Committee will reconvene at 2:00 in Tupelo, MS for a 
presentation by Dr. Edwin Hill, President Elect of the American 
Medical Association. The Committee will have an overview of the site 
visits and break into Subcommittees to work on the 2005 report. The 
Monday meeting will adjourn at 4:30 p.m.
    The final session will be convened Tuesday morning, September 
14, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. The Committee will summarize the 
Subcommittees discussions and discuss the timeline for the 
completion of the report. The meeting will conclude with a 
discussion of the letter to the Secretary. The meeting will be 
adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requiring information regarding 
the Committee should contact Tom Morris, M.P.A., 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: August 16, 2004.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 04-19241 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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