[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70565-70566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28324]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Health Resources and Services Administration


Renewal of the Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and 
Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Evaluation

ACTION: Notice.

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    Authority: Section 511(g)(1) of Title V of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 711 et seq.), as amended by Section 2951 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Pub.L. 111-148). 
The Committee is governed by provisions of Public Law 92-463, as 
amended, (5 U.S.C. App.2), which sets forth standards for the 
formation and use of advisory committees.

SUMMARY: ACF and HRSA announce the renewal of the Advisory Committee on 
the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program 
Evaluation to provide advice to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (``the Secretary'') on the design, plan, progress, and 
findings of the evaluation required under the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T'Pring Westbrook, Administration for 
Children and Families; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 511(g) of the Affordable Care Act of 
2010 mandates an Advisory Committee to review, and make recommendations 
on, the design and plan for the evaluation required under the Act. To 
comply with the authorizing directive and guidelines under the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a charter has been filed with the 
Committee Management Secretariat in the General Services Administration 
(GSA), the appropriate committees in the Senate and U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Library of Congress to establish the Advisory 
Board as a non-discretionary federal advisory committee. The charter 
was filed on January 27, 2013.

Objectives and Scope of Activities

    The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make 
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through 
the Assistant Secretary, ACF and Administrator, HRSA, with respect to 
the design, plan, progress and results of the evaluation.

Membership and Designation

    The Committee shall consist of up to 25 members appointed by the 
Secretary. Members shall be experts in the areas of program evaluation 
and research, education, and early childhood development. Members shall 
be appointed as Special Government Employees. The committee shall also 
include ex-officio members representing ACF, HRSA and other agencies of 
the federal government designated by the Secretary as ex-officio 
members. The ACF Assistant Secretary and HRSA Administrator each shall 
recommend nominees for Co-Chairs of the Committee.
    Members shall be invited to serve from the date of appointment 
through March 31, 2015; such terms are contingent upon the renewal of 
the Committee by appropriate action prior to its termination.

Administrative Management and Support

    Coordination, management, and operational services shall be 
provided by ACF, with assistance from HRSA.
    A copy of the Committee charter can be obtained from the designated 
contacts or by accessing the FACA database that is maintained by the 
GSA Committee Management Secretariat. The

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Web site for the FACA database is http://fido.gov/facadatabase/.

Naomi Goldstein,
Director, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, ACF.
Rebecca Slifkin,
Director, Office of Planning, Analysis and Evaluation, HRSA.
[FR Doc. 2013-28324 Filed 11-25-13; 8:45 am]
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