[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52335-52336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14587]


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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 fifty-second meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: September 28, 2006, 2 p.m.-5:30 p.m.; September 
29, 2006, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; September 30, 2006, 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Place: Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota, 501 
N. Columbia Rd., Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203; Holiday Inn Grand 
Forks, 1210 N 43rd Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203; Spirit 
Lake Casino and Resort, 7889 Highway 57, St. Michael, North Dakota 
58370, Phone: 701-766-4747.
    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: Thursday afternoon, September 28, at 2 p.m., a press 
conference with be held with the Chairperson of the Committee, the 
Honorable David Beasley. The meeting will begin at 2:30 p.m., at the 
University of North Dakota, with opening remarks by the Honorable 
David Beasley. Introductions will be made by Mary Wakefield, 
Associate Dean for Rural Health and Director of the Center for Rural 
Health at the University of North Dakota and Charles Kupchella, 
President of the University of North Dakota. This will be followed 
by a brief history of North Dakota by Mike Jacobs (invited speaker), 
editor of the Grand Forks Herald, and an overview of rural health 
innovation by Bruce Gjovig with the Center for Innovation and Rural 
Technology Center. The next session will be an overview of the Rural 
Assistance Center by Kristine Sande. The final session of the day 
will be a discussion on the purpose of the site visits and future 
agenda setting led by the Honorable David Beasley and Tom Morris, 
Committee Executive Secretary. The Thursday meeting will close at 
5:30 p.m.
    Friday morning, September 29, at 8:30 a.m., the Committee will 
convene at the Holiday Inn Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota. 
The meeting will begin with an explanation of the day and an 
overview of the site visits. At 9 a.m., the Committee will break 
into subcommittee format for the site visits. At 9:15 a.m., the 
Medicare Advantage Subcommittee will depart for Mercy Hospital in 
Devils Lake, North Dakota. Also, at 9:15 a.m., the Head Start 
Subcommittee will depart for the Early Explorers Head Start Program 
in Devils Lake, North Dakota. The Substance Abuse Subcommittee will 
depart for the Center for Solutions, Towner County Medical Center in 
Cando, North Dakota, at 9:30 a.m. Transportation to these sites will 
not be provided. The Subcommittees will return to Spirit Lake Casino 
and Resort in St. Michael, North Dakota, for the remainder of the 
meeting. The Subcommittees will meet at 2:15 p.m. to discuss the 
site visits. The Committee of the whole will reconvene at 3:30 p.m. 
for a discussion of the 2007 report topics. The Friday meeting will 
close at 4:30 p.m.

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    The final session will be convened Saturday morning, September 
30, at 9 a.m. The Committee will review the discussion of the 2007 
Workplan, have updates on the Subcommittee site visits and discuss 
the letter to the Secretary. The meeting will be adjourned at 10:30 
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: August 28, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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