[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 22893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-8780]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

    Pursuant to Pub. L. 92-463, notice is hereby given of the seventh 
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 June 15, 2005 and 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 
on June 16, 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 topics of the first day are expected to be genetic 
discrimination, direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests, and 
coverage and reimbursement of genetic tests and services. The Committee 
aims to finalize a report on coverage and reimbursement of genetic 
tests and services after considering public comments. The topics for 
the second day are expected to include large population studies of 
gene-environment interactions and pharmacogenomics. 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 
broad 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.

LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-8780 Filed 5-2-05; 8:45 am]
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