[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 97 (Friday, May 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 29330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10098]


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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 fiftieth meeting:

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: June 12, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m., June 13, 
2005, 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m., June 14, 2005, 9 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
    Place: Carnegie Hotel, 1216 W State of Franklin Road, Johnson 
City, TN 37604, Phone: 423-979-6400, Fax: 423-979-6424.
    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, June 12, at 1:30 p.m., the 
Chairperson, the Honorable David Beasley, will open the meeting and 
welcome the Committee. There will be a brief discussion of Committee 
business and updates by Federal staff. The first session will open 
with an overview of East Tennessee by Dr. Paul Stanton, President of 
East Tennessee State University. The remainder of the day's meeting 
will be devoted to panel discussions on the three topics for the 
2006 workplan: Pharmacy Access, Health Information Technology (HIT), 
and Elderly Caregiver Support. The Sunday meeting will close at 5:15 
p.m.
    Monday morning, June 13, at 8:45 a.m., the Committee will break 
into Subcommittees and conduct site visits to local health and human 
services facilities. Transportation to these sites will not be 
provided to the general public. The Pharmacy Access Subcommittee 
will visit Wilson Pharmacy in Johnson City; the HIT Subcommittee 
will visit Central Appalachian Health Information Partnership in 
Mountain City; and the Elderly Caregiver Support Subcommittee will 
visit the Mountain Empire Older Citizens Area Agency on Aging in Big 
Stone Gap. The Subcommittees will reconvene at 1:45 p.m. at the 
Carnegie Hotel to continue discussions on the workplan. The 
Committee of the whole will reconvene at 4:30 p.m. for a brief 
discussion of the workplan. The Monday meeting will close at 5 p.m.
    The final session will be convened Tuesday morning, June 14, at 
9 a.m. The Committee will review the discussion of the 2006 Workplan 
and have updates on the Subcommittees site visits. The meeting will 
conclude with a discussion of the September meeting. The meeting 
will be adjourned at 10:45 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 Michele Pray-Gibson, Office of Rural Health Policy 
(ORHP), telephone (301) 443-0835. The Committee meeting agenda will 
be posted on ORHP's Web site http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.

    Dated: May 13, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-10098 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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