[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 130 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 32946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16197]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Service Administration


Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages (ACICBL).
    Dates and Times: August 13, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
     August 14, 2009, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Place: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville, Executive Meeting Center, 
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone: 301-468-
1100.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Committee members will focus on advancing and 
completing their discussions on the working topic for the mandated 
Ninth Annual Report--Toward Quality Healthcare Reform: Preparing the 
Interprofessional Healthcare Workforce for Primary Care. A number of 
experts have been invited to engage in dialogue with the Committee 
to include--Dr. David Garr, Director of the South Carolina Area 
Health Education Program who has confirmed his participation. 
Representatives from the Institute of Medicine, American Association 
of Colleges of Nursing, and Center for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services have also been invited. The meeting will afford Committee 
members with the opportunity to identify and discuss the current 
status of healthcare reform, best practices, lessons learned from 
the international perspective of interdisciplinary care, 
interprofessional competencies, and the like in an effort to ensure 
the appropriate formulation of recommendations for the Secretary and 
the Congress.
    Agenda: The ACICBL agenda will include an overview of the 
Committee's general business activities, presentations by and 
dialogue with experts, and discussion sessions related to the 
development of recommendations to be addressed in the Ninth Annual 
Report of the ACICBL.
    Agenda items are subject to change as dictated by the priorities 
of the Committee.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requesting information 
regarding the ACICBL should contact Dr. Joan Weiss, Designated 
Federal Official for the ACICBL, Bureau of Health Professions, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Rm 
9-36, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-6950 
or [email protected]. Additionally, CAPT Norma J. Hatot, Senior Nurse 
Consultant, can be contacted at (301) 443-2681 or [email protected].

    Dated: June 30, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-16197 Filed 7-8-09; 8:45 am]
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