[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 148 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 42420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14927]


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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-seventh meeting.
    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: September 12, 2007, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; September 
13, 2007, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; September 14, 2007, 8 a.m.-11 a.m.
    Place: Best Western Inn on the Park, 22 South Carroll Street, 
Madison, WI 53703, Phone: 608-257-8811.
    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: Wednesday morning, at 8 a.m., the meeting will be called to 
order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the Honorable David Beasley. 
The first session will be a snapshot of Wisconsin, focusing on the 
challenges related to jobs, income, and educational level and a look at 
health and human services assets and liabilities. The next presentation 
will examine collaborative approaches to increase the supply of 
physicians for rural Wisconsin. Following this presentation will be 
discussions on State Medicaid waivers to improve access to healthcare 
and welfare reform. The next presentation will be a panel discussion by 
Toyota on health and human services integration in Tupelo, Mississippi, 
and the implications on the community of the new Toyota factory. The 
Committee will break into Subcommittee format for the remainder of the 
day's meeting. The Wednesday meeting will close at 5:30 p.m.
    Thursday morning, September 13, at 8 a.m., the Committee will meet 
briefly to discuss the site visit. At 8:30 a.m., the Committee will 
depart for Sauk City, Wisconsin. The Committee will hear presentations 
on health and human services issues facing the community. 
Transportation to the site visit will not be provided. The Committee 
will return to the Best Western Inn on the Park to resume the meeting 
in Subcommittee format at 2 p.m. The Thursday meeting will close at 5 
p.m.
    The final session will be convened Friday morning, September 14, at 
8 a.m. The Committee will have a discussion on the site visit. 
Following this discussion will be a report by the Subcommittees on the 
progress with the report chapters; discussion on the letter to the 
Secretary; and discussion on the upcoming February meeting. The meeting 
will be adjourned at 11 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: July 24, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-14927 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am]
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