[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 92 (Thursday, May 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22746-22747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11241]


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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 
nineteenth 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 p.m. on Thursday, June 
11, 2009, and from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. on Friday, June 
12, 2009, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20201. The meeting will be open to the public with 
attendance limited to space available. The meeting also will be Web 
cast.
    At the meeting, the Committee will continue its exploration of 
genetics and the future health care system by hearing presentations on 
anticipated changes in health care and the role genetics and genomics 
can play in achieving an effective, affordable, and equitable health 
care system. In addition, the Committee will discuss its work on 
genetics education and training and consider a draft report on direct-
to-consumer genomic services. Updates will be provided as well on 
regulations implementing the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 
and on the Committee's Public Consultation Draft Report on Gene Patents 
and Licensing Practices and Their Impact on Patient Access to Genetic 
Tests.
    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 needs 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

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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://oba.od.nih.gov/SACGHS/sacghs_about.html

    Dated: May 7, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-11241 Filed 5-13-09; 8:45 am]
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