[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 41 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9535-9536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-973]


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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 
twelfth 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 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, March 26, 
2007 and 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, 2007, 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.

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    The agenda will focus on the oversight of genetic testing, 
including the role of the private sector in assuring the quality and 
validity of genetic tests; the impact of gene patents and licensing 
practices on patient access to genetic technologies, including a 
progress report on the Committee's study; and the status of Federal 
genetic information nondiscrimination legislation. The Committee will 
be briefed on the Secretary's Personalized Health Care Initiative and 
the work of the American Health Information Community, particularly its 
Personalized Health Care Working Group. The Committee's report on the 
Policy Issues Associated with Undertaking a New Large U.S. Population 
Cohort Project on Genes, Environment and Disease will be released at 
the meeting. There also will be updates on the Committee's draft report 
on pharmacogenomics and several Federal initiatives and activities.
    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: February 22, 2007.
Anna Snouffer,
Acting Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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