[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3744-3745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1178]


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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-fourth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: February 17, 2010, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
    February 18, 2010, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
    February 19, 2010, 9 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 afternoon, February 17, at 1 p.m., the meeting 
will be called to order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the 
Honorable David Beasley and the Vice Chairperson, the Honorable 
Larry Otis. The Chair will open with a review of the Committee's 
2010 Report to the Secretary and a vote on the approval of that 
report. The meeting will then focus on the Committee's

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work for the 2011 report, which will focus on the implications of 
health system change in rural communities. The meeting will include 
an address by HRSA Administrator
    Dr. Mary Wakefield as well as presentations by experts in the 
fields of hospital and health care delivery as well as workforce. 
Committee discussion on the issues and an overview of rest of the 
meeting will follow. The Wednesday meeting will close at 5 p.m.
    Thursday morning, February 18, at 9 a.m., the Committee will 
open with presentations by experts in the area of human service 
delivery and will be followed by another presentation by a speaker 
from the Rural Policy Research Institute. This will be followed by 
Committee discussion and overview from staff to the Committee. 
Following these presentations, Subcommittees will be selected and 
meet for small group discussions. There will be a review of the 
Subcommittee meetings and action items will be developed for the 
Committee members and staff. The formal meeting for Thursday will 
close at 5 p.m.
    The final session will be convened Friday morning, February 19, 
at 9 a.m. The Committee will hear additional presentations on 
emerging rural policy issues from both internal and external 
experts. This will be followed by Committee discussion on the Report 
format and an overview of the Work Plan. 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 Thomas F. Morris, MPA, Acting 
Executive Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and 
Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Parklawn Building, Room 9A-42, 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 14, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-1178 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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