[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33764-33765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5280]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.

    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date: June 21, 2006, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., June 22, 2006, 
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Room 705A, Washington, DC 20201.

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    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations 
and hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the 
morning of the first day the Committee will hear updates and status 
reports from the Department on various topics including activities 
of the HHS Data Council and Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation. There will also be 
discussions of Committee letters and documents in preparation. In 
the afternoon the Committee will continue its discussion of letters 
and documents in preparation, will hear an update from the Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and be 
briefed by a representative from the Certification Commission for 
Health Information Technology.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will again 
discuss letters and documents, hear reports from Subcommittees and 
Workgroups, and discuss agendas for future meetings.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the 
afternoon of the first day and in the morning prior to the full 
Committee meeting on the second day. Agendas for these breakout 
sessions will be posted on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when 
available.
    For Further Information Contact: Substantive program information 
as well as summaries of meetings and a roster for committee members 
may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, 
NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Center for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, 
Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. Information also is 
available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda 
will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) 
as soon as possible.

    Dated: June 5, 2006.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OSDP), Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 06-5280 Filed 6-9-06; 8:45 am]
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