[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61976-61977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21411]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation; Medicaid Program; 
Announcement of the Appointment of New Individuals To Serve on the 
Medicaid Commission

AGENCY: Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation (ASPE), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the appointment of three new individuals 
to serve on the Medicaid Commission and the release of one Commissioner 
from service on the Medicaid Commission. Notice of this announcement is 
given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, 
section 2(b)(5)). The Medicaid Commission will advise the Secretary on 
ways to modernize the Medicaid program so that it can provide high-
quality health care to its beneficiaries in a financially sustainable 
way.
    New Medicaid Commission Voting Members: John Ellis ``Jeb'' Bush, 
Joe Manchin III, and Donald Young.
    Medicaid Commission Member Released from Service on the Medicaid 
Commission: Michael O'Grady.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 24, 2005, CMS published a notice (70 
FR 29765) announcing the Medicaid Commission and requesting nominations 
for individuals to serve on the Medicaid Commission. The next meeting 
of the Medicaid Commission will be held October 26-27, 2005, as 
previously published in the Federal Register (70 FR 58706). The meeting 
will be held at the following address: Holiday Inn on The Hill, 415 New 
Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001, United States, telephone: 1 
(202) 638-1616, fax: 1 (202) 638-0707.
    Web site: You may access up-to-date information on this meeting at 
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/faca/mc/default.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Reiser, Medicaid Commission, 
(202) 205-8255.


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    Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and (a)(2).

    Dated: October 20, 2005.
Michael J. O'Grady,
Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 05-21411 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]
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