[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 80 (Thursday, April 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22159-22160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9010]


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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-ninth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: June 2, 2008, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. June 3, 2008, 
8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. June 4, 2008, 8:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Place: Siena Hotel, 1505 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 
27514. Phone: 919-929-4000.
    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,

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development and administration of health and human services in rural 
areas.
    Agenda: Monday morning, at 9 a.m., the meeting will be called to 
order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the Honorable David 
Beasley. The first presentation will be an overview of rural North 
Carolina. The Committee will hear presentations on the three chosen 
Subcommittee topics. The first panel will focus on Workforce and 
Community Development. Erin Fraher, MPH, with the Rural Health 
Research and Policy Analysis Center, is a confirmed speaker. The 
second panel of speakers will lead a discussion on At-Risk Children. 
The final panel for the day is on the Medical Home Model. After the 
panel discussions, the Committee Chair will give an overview of the 
site visits. The Monday meeting will close at 4:30 p.m.
    Tuesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., the Committee will break into 
Subcommittees and depart to the site visits. The Workforce and 
Community Development Subcommittee will depart to Raleigh, North 
Carolina, to visit the Turning Point Allied Health Regional Skills 
Partnership. The At-Risk Children Subcommittee will depart to Siler 
City, North Carolina and take a ``ChildWatch'' Tour where they will 
learn about the different services provided for children and the 
status of children and families. After the tour, the Subcommittee 
will arrive at the Chatham Family Resource Center. The Medical Home 
Subcommittee will depart for Community Care of Eastern Carolina in 
Greenville, North Carolina. Transportation to the site visits will 
not be provided to the public. At 4:15 p.m. the Subcommittees will 
arrive back at the Siena Hotel for Subcommittee meetings. The 
Tuesday meeting will close at 5:15 p.m.
    The final session will be convened Wednesday morning, at 8:15 
a.m. The Committee will break into Subcommittee format and meet for 
forty-five minutes. The Committee as a whole will reconvene at 9 
a.m. There will be a review of the site visits and action items will 
be developed for the Committee members and staff. The Committee will 
draft the letter to the Secretary and discuss the September 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: April 16, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-9010 Filed 4-23-08; 8:45 am]
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