[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29082-29083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13396]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality


National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality: 
Request for Nominations for Public Members

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

ACTION: Notice of request for nominations for public members.

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SUMMARY: The Council advises the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and the 
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on 
matters related to activities of the Agency to carry out its mission. 
AHRQ's mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher 
quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within 
the U.S. epartment of Health and Human Services and with other partners 
to make sure that the evidence is understood and used. Seven current 
members' terms will expire in November 2017

DATES: Nominations should be received on or before 60 days after date 
of publication.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Jaime Zimmerman AHRQ, 5600 
Fishers Lane, 06E37A, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Nominations may also 
be emailed to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Jaime Zimmerman, AHRQ, at (301) 427-
1456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 42 U.S.C. 299c establishes a National 
Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality (the Council) and 
provides that the Secretary shall appoint to the National Advisory 
Council for Healthcare Research and Quality twenty one appropriately 
qualified individuals. At least seventeen members shall be 
representatives of the public and at least one member shall be a 
specialist in the rural aspects of one or more of the professions or 
fields listed in the above summary. In addition, the Secretary 
designates, as ex officio members, representatives from other Federal 
agencies, principally agencies that conduct or support health care 
research, as well as Federal officials the Secretary may consider 
appropriate. 42 U.S.C. 299c(c)(3). Consistent with revised guidance 
regarding the ban on lobbyists serving as members of advisory boards 
and commissions, AHRQ will accept nominations for Federally registered 
lobbyists to serve on the Council in a representative capacity.
    The Council meets in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, 
generally in Rockville, Maryland, approximately three times a year to 
provide broad guidance to the Secretary and AHRQ's Director on the 
direction of and programs undertaken by AHRQ.
    Seven individuals will be selected by the Secretary to serve on the 
Council beginning with the meeting in the spring of 2018. Members 
generally serve 3-year terms. Appointments are staggered to permit an 
orderly rotation of membership. To fill these positions, we are seeking 
individuals with experience and success in (1) the conduct of research, 
demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care; 
(2) the fields of health care quality research or health care 
improvement; (3) the practice of medicine; (4) other health 
professions; (5) representing the private health care sector (including 
health plans, providers, and purchasers) or administrators of health 
care delivery systems; (6) the fields of health care economics, 
information systems, law, ethics, business, or public policy; and, (7) 
representing the interests of patients and consumers of health care.
    Interested persons may nominate one or more qualified persons for 
membership on the Council. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations 
shall include: (1) A copy of the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae; 
and (2) a statement that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of 
the Council. Selected candidates will be asked to provide detailed 
information concerning their financial interests, consultant positions 
and research grants and contracts, to permit evaluation of possible 
sources of conflict of interest. Please note that once a candidate is 
nominated, AHRQ may consider that nomination for future positions on 
the Council.
    The Department seeks a broad geographic representation. In 
addition, AHRQ conducts and supports research concerning priority 
populations, which include: Low-income groups; minority groups; women; 
children; the elderly; and individuals with special health care needs, 
including individuals with disabilities and individuals who need 
chronic care or end-of-life health care. See 42 U.S.C. 299(c). 
Nominations of persons with expertise in health care for

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these priority populations are encouraged.

Sharon B. Arnold,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2017-13396 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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