[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45353-45354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-18592]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: HIT Standards Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to 
the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, 
and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of 
health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the 
implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 
accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on August 15, 2012, from 
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Location: This meeting will be VIRTUAL ONLY. Detailed call-in 
information is posted on the ONC Web site, http://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Contact Person: MacKenzie Robertson, Office of the National 
Coordinator, HHS, 355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-205-8089, 
Fax: 202-260-1276, email: [email protected]. Please call the 
contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in 
the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a 
previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be 
published quickly enough to provide timely notice.
    Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups and 
updates from ONC and other Federal agencies. ONC intends to make 
background material available to the public no later than two (2) 
business days prior to the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the 
background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, it will be 
made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee 
meeting, and the background material will be posted on ONC's Web site 
after the meeting, at http://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Procedure: ONC is committed to the orderly conduct of its advisory 
committee meetings. Interested persons may present data, information, 
or views, orally or in writing, on issues pending

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before the Committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact 
person on or before two days prior to the Committee's meeting date. 
Oral comments from the public will be scheduled in the agenda. Time 
allotted for each presentation will be limited to three minutes. If the 
number of speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be 
reasonably accommodated during the scheduled public comment period, ONC 
will take written comments after the meeting until close of business on 
that day.
    ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings. If you require special assistance due to a disability, please 
contact MacKenzie Robertson at least seven (7) days in advance of the 
meeting.
    Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

    Dated: July 18, 2012.
MacKenzie Robertson,
FACA Program Lead, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-18592 Filed 7-30-12; 8:45 am]
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