[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73660-73661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29821]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meetings; Notice of Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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    This notice announces forthcoming meetings of a public advisory 
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology (ONC). The meetings will be open to the public.
    Name of Committee: HIT Policy Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide recommendations to 
the National Coordinator on a policy framework for the development and 
adoption of a nationwide health information technology infrastructure 
that permits the electronic exchange and use of health information as 
is consistent with the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan and that 
includes recommendations on the areas in which standards, 
implementation specifications, and certification criteria are needed.
    Date and Time: These meetings will be held on the following dates 
and times:

January 8, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
February 6, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
March 14, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
April 3, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
May 7, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
June 5, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
July 9, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
August 7, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
September 4, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
October 2, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
November 6, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.
December 4, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern Time.

    For up-to-date information, go to the ONC Web site, http://www.healthit.gov/faca.
    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

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call the contact person for up-to-date information on these meetings. 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 each meeting. If ONC is unable to post the 
background material on its Web site prior to a 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 each 
meeting, at http://www.healthit.gov/faca.
    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 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 agendas. 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 a scheduled public comment period, ONC will take 
written comments after each meeting until close of business on that 
day.
    Persons attending ONC's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical 
outlets.
    ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee 
meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every 
effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special 
needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, 
please contact MacKenzie Robertson at least seven (7) days in advance 
of the meeting.
    Notice of these meetings is given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

    Dated: December 4, 2012.
MacKenzie Robertson,
FACA Program Lead, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the 
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-29821 Filed 12-10-12; 8:45 am]
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