[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 7594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3286]


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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: March 8, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.; March 9, 2012, 
8:30 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: A 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) update; a Maternal 
and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) update; an update from the Committee's 
four workgroups; updates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a report 
from the HRSA/MCHB Regions IV and VI Infant Mortality Summit; 
Presidential Challenge from the Association of State and Territorial 
Health Officials; a State-level presentation on activities related to 
reducing infant mortality; and, Improvement Science. Proposed agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Time will be provided for public comments, but will be limited to 
five minutes each. Comments are to be submitted in writing no later 
than 5 p.m. ET on February 24, 2012.
    For Additional Information or to Submit Public Comments: Please 
contact: David S. de la Cruz, Ph.D., M.P.H., HRSA, SACIM Designated 
Federal Official, Maternal and Child Health Bureau; telephone: (301) 
443-0543; email: [email protected].

    Dated: February 7, 2012.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-3286 Filed 2-10-12; 8:45 am]
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