[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 60382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5240]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


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

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
fourteenth 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 5:30 p.m. on Monday, 
November 19, 2007 and 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
November 20, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International 
Trade Center--1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. The 
meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to space 
available. The meeting also will be Web cast.
    The agenda will focus on three key issues--finalization of the 
SACGHS report on the opportunities and challenges in realizing the 
promise of pharmacogenomics; the oversight of genetic testing; and the 
preparedness of health professionals to incorporate genetic and genomic 
tests and services into clinical and public health practice. With 
regard to the oversight of genetic testing, SACGHS' draft report to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services will be released for public 
comment in early November. The Committee will provide an extended 
period of time during the November meeting for members of the public to 
provide their perspectives on the oversight issues and comments on the 
Committee's draft report and recommendations. The Committee will also 
be briefed about an international analysis of oversight systems for 
genetic testing with a focus on the U.S. system.
    As always, the Committee welcomes 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: October 17, 2007.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 07-5240 Filed 10-23-07; 8:45 am]
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