[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 7739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2849]


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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: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., February 23, 2005. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 
February 24, 2005.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting, the NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and 
Confidentiality will receive information on the privacy implications 
of health information technology.
    The first day of the meeting will be conducted as a hearing, in 
which the Subcommittee will gather information about the importance 
of health privacy, and privacy in health care and society. The 
Subcommittee will invite representatives who can provide information 
about these matters. The format for the meeting will include one or 
more invited panels and time for questions and discussion. 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. To 
be included on the agenda, please contract Marietta Squire (301) 
458-4524, by e-mail at [email protected] or postal address at 3311 
Toledo Road, Room 2340, Hyattsville, MD 20782 by February 22, 2005.
    The second day of the meeting will be conducted as a hearing, in 
which the Subcommittee will gather information about the impact of 
health information technology and privacy concerns on consumer 
health care and on patients with chronic or serious diseases, and 
the impact of privacy concerns on electronic personal health 
records. The Subcommittee will invite representatives who can 
provide information about these matters. The format will include one 
or more invited panels and time for questions and discussion.
    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 20291, telephone (202 690-7152, e-mail 
Kathleen.Fyffe@hhs,gov or from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 2413, Presidential Building IV, 
3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 457-
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: February 7, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, OASPE.
[FR Doc. 05-2849 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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