[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 5689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2102]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:
    Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Dates and Times: March 1, 2005, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 2, 2005, 8:30 
a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Sheraton National Hotel, 900 South Orme Street, Arlington, 
Virginia 22204, (703) 521-1900.
    Status: The meeting is open to the public with attendance limited 
to space availability.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: Department 
programs that are directed at reducing infant mortality and improving 
the health status of pregnant women and infants; factors affecting the 
continuum of care with respect to maternal and child health care, 
including outcomes following childbirth; strategies to coordinate the 
variety of Federal, State, local and private programs and efforts that 
are designed to deal with the health and social problems impacting on 
infant mortality; and the implementation of the Healthy Start program 
and Healthy People 2010 infant mortality objectives.
    Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: 
Improving Perinatal Data; Neonatal Intensive Care and Ethical Issues; 
and Provider Reimbursement Issues. Substantial time will be spent in 
small group and full Committee discussions aimed at formulating the 
ACIM issues agenda. Proposed agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities indicate.
    Time will be provided for public comments limited to five minutes 
each; comments are to be submitted no later than February 15, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requiring information regarding 
the Committee should contact Peter C. van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Executive 
Secretary, ACIM, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), 
Room 18-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 
Telephone: (301) 443-2170.
    Individuals who are submitting public comments or who have 
questions regarding the meeting should contact Ann M. Koontz, C.N.M., 
Dr. P.H., HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, telephone: (301) 443-
6327, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: January 31, 2005.
Steven A. Pelovitz,
Associate Administrator for Administration and Financial Management.
[FR Doc. 05-2102 Filed 2-2-05; 8:45 am]
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