[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 39112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16717]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality; 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 Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Dates and Times: August 2, 2011, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. August 3, 2011, 9 
a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 657-1234.
    Status: The meeting is open to the public with attendance 
limited to space availability.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: 
Department of Health and Human Services' programs that focus on 
reducing infant mortality and improving the health status of infants 
and pregnant women; and factors affecting the continuum of care with 
respect to maternal and child health care. It includes outcomes 
following childbirth; strategies to coordinate the myriad of 
Federal, State, local and private programs and efforts that are 
designed to deal with the health and social problems impacting on 
infant mortality; and the implementation of the Healthy Start 
program and Healthy People 2020 infant mortality objectives.
    Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: 
HRSA Update; MCHB Update; Healthy Start Program Update; Affordable 
Care Act and Infant Mortality; Quality Improvement in Perinatal 
Health Care; Patient Centered Medical Home; Centering Pregnancy, and 
Fetal Infant Mortality Review. Proposed agenda items are subject to 
change as priorities dictate.
    Time will be provided for public comments limited to five 
minutes each. Comments are to be submitted in writing no later than 
5 p.m. ET on July 19, 2011.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requiring information 
regarding the Committee should contact Peter C. van Dyck, M.D., 
M.P.H., Executive Secretary, ACIM, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 18-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-2170.
    Individuals who are submitting public comments or who have 
questions regarding the meeting and location should contact David S. 
de la Cruz, Ph.D., M.P.H., HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
telephone: (301) 443-0543, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: June 28, 2011,
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-16717 Filed 7-1-11; 8:45 am]
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