[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-8442]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


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

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
eleventh 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 approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, November 
13, 2006 and 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 
2006, at the Marriott Inn and Conference Center, University of 
Maryland--College Park, 3501 University Boulevard East, Adelphi, MD 
20783. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited 
to space available. The meeting also will be Web cast.
    The agenda topics include: Consideration of public comments on and 
finalization of the Committee's draft report, Policy Issues Associated 
With Undertaking a Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes, 
Environment and Disease; a review of the Committee's draft report on 
pharmacogenomics; a session related to the impact of gene patents and 
licensing practices on patient access to genetic and geonomic 
technologies; and updates on developments at FDA and CMS regarding the 
oversight of genetic tests and services and on other Federal activities 
relevant to the work and charter of SACGHS.
    Time will be provided each day for public comments. 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 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. Anyone planning to attend the meeting, 
who is in need of special assistance, such as sign language 
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, is also asked to 
contact the Executive Secretary.
    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 and genomic 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 Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.

    Dated: September 26, 2006.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 06-8442 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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