[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 3257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-836]


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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 (Public Law 92-463), notice is hereby given that the 
following committee will convene its fifty-eighth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: February 20, 2008, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., February 21, 
2008, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., February 22, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Place: The Sofitel Lafayette Square, 806 15th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, Phone: 202-730-8800.
    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, February 20, at 9 a.m., the meeting 
will be called to order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the 
Honorable David Beasley. Elizabeth M. Duke, Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Services Administration, has been invited to 
give opening remarks. The first presentation will be by Joan Ohl, 
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families in the 
Administration for Children and Families. Other invited speakers are 
Jan McCarthy and Joyce Sabien, Child Protective Services and Mental 
Health Researchers, Georgetown University, and Thomas M. Dowd, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, 
U.S. Department of Labor. The presentations will be followed by a 
Committee discussion. The Wednesday meeting will close at 5 p.m.
    Thursday morning, February 21, at 9 a.m., the Committee will 
open with a presentation by Dr. Bob Berenson with The Urban 
Institute. This will be followed by a presentation from Cheryl 
Sparks with The Rural Community College Alliance. The Committee will 
break into Subcommittee format to discuss the topics presented and 
reconvene at 3 p.m. for a discussion of the Committee as a whole. 
The Thursday meeting will close at 4:30 p.m.
    The final session will be convened Friday morning, February 22, 
at 8:30 a.m. There will be a review of the meeting and action items 
will be developed for the Committee members and staff. The Committee 
will draft the letter to the Secretary and discuss the June meeting. 
The meeting will be adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone requiring information regarding 
the Committee should contact Jennifer Chang, MPH, 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: January 10, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-836 Filed 1-16-08; 8:45 am]
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