[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 23 (Friday, February 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2129]


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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 sixth 
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 5:30 p.m. on February 28, 2005 and 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. on March 1, 2005 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, 5701 
Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be open to 
the public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will 
be webcast.
    The meeting is expected to include presentations and deliberations 
on several topics, including the following: a revised draft report with 
recommendations about coverage and reimbursement for genetic 
technologies and services; current and proposed efforts to understand 
gene-environment interactions through large population studies; the 
Committee's efforts to explore stakeholder perspectives on the need for 
Federal legislation to prevent genetic discrimination in health 
insurance and employment; the recommendations of the Advisory Committee 
on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children 
regarding the provision of screening, counseling and health care 
services for newborns and children having or at risk for heritable 
disorders; and efforts to improve the quality of laboratory testing for 
rare diseases. Time will be provided each day for public comments.
    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 
board 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.
    The Committee would welcome hearing from anyone wishing to provide 
public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and society. 
Individuals who would like 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: January 27, 2005.
LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-2129 Filed 2-3-05; 8:45 am]
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