[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42905-42906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20342]


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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 sixty-third.
    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: September 9, 2009, 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; September 10, 
2009, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; September 11, 2009, 8:45 a.m.-11 a.m.
    Place: Sheraton Grand Hotel, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, California 
95814, Phone: 916-341-3605.
    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, at 9 a.m., the meeting will be called to 
order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the Honorable David Beasley. 
The first two presentations will be overviews of rural California. The 
remainder of the day the Committee will hear presentations on the three 
chosen Subcommittee topics. The first panel will focus on Primary Care 
Workforce. The second panel is Home-Based Care Options for Seniors. The 
final panel of the day is Health Care Provider Integration. After the 
panel discussions, the Committee Chair will give an overview of the 
site visits. This will be followed by a call for public comment. The 
Tuesday meeting will close at 4:45 p.m.
    Thursday morning, at 8:30 a.m., the Committee will break into 
Subcommittees and depart to the site visits. The Primary Care Workforce 
Subcommittee and the Health Care

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Provider Integration Subcommittee will meet at Sutter Amador Hospital 
in Jackson, California. The Home-Based Care Options for Seniors 
Subcommittee will meet at Madelyn Helling Library in Nevada City, 
California. The Subcommittees will return to the Sheraton Grand Hotel 
in Sacramento at 4 p.m. Transportation to the site visits will not be 
provided to the public. The Thursday meeting will close at 4 p.m.
    The final session will be convened on Friday morning at 8:45 a.m. 
The meeting will open with a review of the Subcommittee site visits. 
The staff of the Office of Rural Health Policy will provide an update 
on the Department of Health and Human Services. The Committee will 
draft a letter to the Secretary or Designee and discuss the February 
2010 meeting. The meeting will be adjourned at 11 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: August 19, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-20342 Filed 8-24-09; 8:45 am]
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