[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 14 (Monday, January 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 3375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1183]


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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 (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the 
following committee will convene its forty-ninth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: March 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., March 21, 
2005, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., March 22, 2005, 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Place: Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001, 
Phone: 1-800-233-1234.
    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, March 20, 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 a review of the 2005 report to the 
Secretary. This will be followed by an update from the Committee 
Staff represented by the following: Ms. Jennifer Riggle, Office of 
Rural Health Policy; Mr. Dennis Dudley, Agency on Aging; and Ms. Ann 
Barbagallo, Administration on Children and Families. The final 
session of the day will consist of an in-depth review and adoption 
of the 2005 report to the Secretary. The Sunday meeting will close 
at 4:30 p.m.
    Monday morning, March 21, at 8:30 a.m. the meeting will begin 
with the 2006 Report Planning, led by the Honorable David Beasley 
and Mr. Tom Morris, the Executive Secretary of the Committee. The 
Committee will hear presentations from Staff on each potential 2006 
topic. The Committee will break for a joint lunch with the National 
Rural Health Association Policy Institute (lunch will be provided 
for the Committee only). After lunch the Committee will hear a panel 
discussion on rural health and human services emerging issues. The 
Monday session will conclude with a continued discussion of the 2006 
Workplan. The Monday meeting will close at 4:30 p.m.
    The final session will be convened Tuesday morning, March 22, at 
8 a.m. The Committee will review the discussion of the 2006 
Workplan. The meeting will conclude with a discussion of the June 
and September meetings. 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 Deanna Durrett, Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), by 
telephone (301) 443-0835, or e-mail [email protected]. The Committee 
meeting agenda will be posted on ORHP's Web site at http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.

    Dated: January 13, 2005.
Steven A. Pelovitz,
Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial Management.
[FR Doc. 05-1183 Filed 1-21-05; 8:45 am]
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