[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-797]


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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 announces the following advisory committee 
meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
    Time and Date: 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m., January 11, 2005; 8:30 a.m.-
4:45 p.m., January 12, 2005.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705-A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting of the Subcommittee on Privacy and 
Confidentiality will receive information on the implementation of 
the regulation ``Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable 
Health Information'' (45 CFR parts 160 and 164), promulgated under 
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
    The first day of the meeting will be conducted as a hearing, in 
which the Subcommittee will gather information about the impact of 
the regulation on two topics: radio frequency identification (RFID) 
technology; and, decedent health information. The Subcommittee will 
invite representatives of affected groups to provide information 
about how the regulation has affected the level of privacy and 
confidentiality for protected health information, best practices for 
implementation of the regulation, and information that might help to 
identify and resolve barriers to compliance. The format will include 
one or more invited panels and time for questions and discussion. 
The Subcommittee will ask the invited witnesses for examples of the 
effect the regulation has had on individuals and on entities subject 
to the regulation. The first day will also include a time period 
during which members of the public may deliver brief (3 minutes or 
less) oral public comment about the implementation of the 
regulations. To be included on the agenda, please contact Marietta 
Squire (301) 458-4524, by e-mail at [email protected] or postal 
address at 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2340, Hyattsville, MD 20782 by 
January 10, 2005.
    The second day of the meeting will be conducted as a hearing, in 
which the Subcommittee will gather information about the impact of 
the regulation on third party disclosures. The Subcommittee will 
invite representatives of affected groups to provide information 
about how the regulation has affected the level of privacy and 
confidentiality for protected health information, best practices for 
implementation of the regulation, and information that might help to 
identify and resolve barriers to compliance. The format will include 
one or more invited panels and time for questions and discussion. 
The Subcommittee will ask the invited witnesses for examples of the 
effect the regulation has had on individuals and on entities subject 
to the regulation.
    Persons wishing to submit written testimony only (which should 
not exceed five double-spaced typewritten pages) should endeavor to 
submit it by that date. Unfilled slots for oral testimony will also 
be filled on the days of the meeting as time permits. Please consult 
Ms. Squire for further information about these arrangements.
    Additional information about the hearing will be provided on the 
NCVHS Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov shortly before the 
hearing date.
    Contact Person for More Information: Information about the 
content of the hearing and matters to be considered may be obtained 
from Kathleen H. Fyffe, Lead Staff Person for the NCVHS Subcommittee 
on Privacy and Confidentiality, Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, 440D Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington DC 20201, telephone (202) 690-7152, e-mail 
[email protected] or from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 2413, Presidential Building IV, 
3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-
4245.
    Information about the committee, including summaries of past 
meetings and a roster of committee members, is available on the 
Committee's Web site at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov.
    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 3, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, OASPE.

[FR Doc. 05-797 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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