[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 46445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18735]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services; 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), announcement is made of the following 
National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of September 
2014.
    The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services 
will convene its seventy sixth meeting in the time and place specified 
below:
    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Time: September 24, 2014, 8:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m. September 
25, 2014, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. September 26, 2014, 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
    Place: Avera eHelm, 4500 N Lewis Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, (605) 
322-4669.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services provides counsel and recommendations to the Secretary with 
respect to the delivery, research, development, and administration of 
health and human services in rural areas.
    Agenda: Wednesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., the meeting will be called 
to order by the Chairperson of the Committee: The Honorable Ronnie 
Musgrove. The Committee will assess how telehealth coverage 
opportunities in rural areas are affected by the Affordable Care Act. 
The Committee will also examine the issue of rural domestic violence. 
The day will conclude with a period of public comment at approximately 
4:45 p.m.
    Thursday morning at approximately 8:30 a.m., the Committee will 
break into Subcommittees and depart for site visits to health care and 
human services providers in South Dakota and Minnesota. Subcommittees 
will visit the Pipestone County Medical Center and the Good Samaritan 
Society in Pipestone, Minnesota, and the Horizon Health Clinic in 
Howard, South Dakota. The day will conclude at the Avera eHelm with a 
period of public comment at approximately 5:15 p.m.
    Friday morning at 8:30 a.m., the Committee will meet to summarize 
key findings and develop a work plan for the next quarter and the 
following meeting.
    For further information contact: Steve Hirsch, MSLS, Executive 
Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn 
Building, 17W29-C, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
telephone (301) 443-0835, or fax (301) 443-2803.
    Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting should 
contact Catherine Fontenot at the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) 
via telephone at (301) 945-0897or by email at [email protected]. The 
Committee meeting agenda will be posted on the Committee's Web site at 
http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/rural/.

    Dated: August 1, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-18735 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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