[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58669-58670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20387]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in 
Newborns and Children (ACHDGDNC)

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of ACHDGDNC Meeting to be held by Conference Call.

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SUMMARY: The ACHDGDNC will be conducting a two hour conference call to 
hear a presentation from the ACHDGDNC's Evidence Review Workgroup and 
discuss the Committee's Report on long-term followup.

DATES:  The conference call will be held on November 14, 2007, at 2 
p.m. EST. Participants must dial: 1-877-922-9969 and enter the 
corresponding pass code 627445. For security reasons, the pass code 
627445 is required to join the call. Participants should call no later 
than 1:50 p.m. EST in order for the logistics to be set up. 
Participants are asked to register for the conference by contacting 
Carrie Diener at (301) 443-1080 or e-mail [email protected]. The 
registration deadline is November 12, 2007. The Department will try to 
accommodate those wishing to participate in the call. Any member of the 
public can submit written materials that will be distributed to 
Committee members prior to the conference call. Parties wishing to 
submit written comments should ensure that the comments are postmarked 
or emailed no later than November 12, 2007, for consideration. Comments 
should be submitted to Michele A. Lloyd-Puryear, Executive Secretary, 
ACHDGDNC, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, Parklawn Building, 
Room 18A-19, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; telephone 
(301) 443-1080; fax (301) 443-8604; or e-mail: [email protected].
    Members of the public can present oral comments during the 
conference call during the public comment period. If a member of the 
public wishes to speak, the Department should be notified at the time 
the participant registers. Other members of the public will be 
allocated time if time permits.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele A. Lloyd-Puryear, Executive 
Secretary, ACHDGDNC, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, Parklawn 
Building, Room 18A-19, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 
telephone (301) 443-1080; fax (301) 443-8604; or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACHDGDNC was chartered under Section 
1111 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 300b-10, in 
February 2003 to advise the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services. The ACHDGDNC is directed to review and report 
regularly on newborn and childhood screening practices for heritable 
disorders, to

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recommend improvements in the national newborn and childhood heritable 
screening programs, and to engage in the following activities:
    (1) Provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary concerning 
grants and projects awarded or funded under its designated authorizing 
PHS Act;
    (2) Provide technical information to the Secretary for the 
development of policies and priorities for the administration of grants 
under the designated PHS act; and
    (3) Provide such recommendations, advice or information as may be 
necessary to enhance, expand or improve the ability of the Secretary to 
reduce the mortality or morbidity in newborns and children from 
heritable disorders.
    The purpose of this call is to hear discussion from the ACHDGDNC 
members on the proposed review template from the ACHDGDNC's Evidence 
Workgroup and, if the ACHDGDNC chooses, to approve that template. In 
addition, the ACHDGDNC may choose to develop recommendations from the 
ACHDGDNC to the Secretary concerning the ACHDGDNC's evaluation and 
decisionmaking process and newborn screening long-term followup.

    Dated: October 9, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-20387 Filed 10-15-07; 8:45 am]
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