[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14730-14731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05588]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


Meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research 
and Quality

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting cancellation.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice announces the cancellation 
of a meeting of the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research 
and Quality.

DATES: The meeting would have been held on Friday, March 24, 2017, from 
8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting would have been held at the Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaime Zimmerman, Designated Management 
Official, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 06E37A, Rockville, Maryland, 20857, (301) 427-
1456. For press-related information, please contact Alison Hunt at 
(301) 427-1244 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose

    The National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality 
is authorized by Section 941 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 299c. In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Council is 
to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 
and the Director of AHRQ on matters related to AHRQ's conduct of its 
mission including providing guidance on (A) priorities for health care 
research, (B) the field of health care research

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including training needs and information dissemination on health care 
quality and (C) the role of the Agency in light of private sector 
activity and opportunities for public private partnerships. The Council 
is composed of members of the public, appointed by the Secretary, and 
Federal ex-officio members specified in the authorizing legislation. 
The Council did not have a quorum for the meeting scheduled for March 
24th. Therefore, AHRQ is cancelling the meeting. The next meeting of 
the NAC is planned for July 26th.

Sharon B. Arnold,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-05588 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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