[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22209-22210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09187]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


 National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting; 
Privacy, Security & Confidentiality Subcommittee

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) 
Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality & Security.
    Time And Date: May 6, 2015 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST, May 7, 2015 
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EST.
    Place: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for 
Disease

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Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 
Toledo Road, Auditorium B and C, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, (301) 
458-4125.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: Section 1179 of the Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act (HIPAA) creates an exemption from compliance with 
HIPAA and accompanying rules when a financial institution is ``engaged 
in authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing, transferring 
or collecting payments.'' The purpose of this meeting is to learn how 
banking and other financial service businesses are using personal 
health data as their services evolve in support of the health industry.
    The objectives of this hearing are as follows:
    Increase awareness of current and anticipated financial services 
involving personal health data, understand section 1179 in light of 
these practices, and identify areas where outreach, education, 
technical assistance, or guidance may be useful.
    Contact Person For More Information: Debbie M. Jackson, Acting 
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 
2339, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4614 or Maya 
Bernstein, ASPE/OSDP, Room 436E, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201, Phone: 
(202) 690-5896. Program information as well as summaries of meetings 
and a roster of committee members are available on the NCVHS home page 
of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 
information including an agenda will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on 770-488-3204 as soon as 
possible.

    Dated: April 15, 2015.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Science and 
Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and 
Evaluation .
[FR Doc. 2015-09187 Filed 4-20-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4151-05-P