[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 204 (Monday, October 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53251-53252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22987]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health 
Statistics (BSC, NCHS)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the CDC 
announces the following meeting for the Board of Scientific Counselors, 
National Center for Health Statistics (BSC, NCHS). This meeting is open 
to the public; however, visitors must be processed in accordance with 
established federal policies and procedures. For foreign nationals or 
non-U.S. citizens, pre-approval is required (please contact Gwen 
Mustaf, 301-458-4500, [email protected], or Sayeedha Uddin, 301-458-4303, 
[email protected] at least 10 days in advance for requirements). All 
visitors are required to present a valid form of picture identification 
issued by a state, federal or international government. As required by 
the Federal Property Management Regulations, Title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulation, Subpart 101-20.301, all persons entering in or on Federal 
controlled property and their packages, briefcases, and other 
containers in their immediate possession are subject to being x-rayed 
and inspected. Federal law prohibits the knowing possession or the 
causing to be present of firearms, explosives and other dangerous 
weapons and illegal substances. The meeting room accommodates 
approximately 78 people.

DATES: The meeting will be held on December 4, 2018, 11:00 a.m.-5:30 
p.m., EDT, and December 5, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: NCHS Headquarters, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 
20782.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sayeedha Uddin, M.D., M.P.H., 
Executive Secretary, NCHS/CDC, Board of Scientific Counselors, 3311 
Toledo Road, Room 2627, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone 
(301)458-4303, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: This committee is charged with providing advice and making 
recommendations to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human 
Services; the Director, CDC; and the Director, NCHS, regarding the 
scientific and technical program goals and objectives, strategies, and 
priorities of NCHS.
    Matters to be Considered: Day 1 meeting agenda includes welcome 
remarks by NCHS leadership; update on the National Health Interview 
Statistics Redesign Bridge Sample; update on National Study of Long-
Term Care Providers; update on the Comparability Study for Opioid 
Questions; update from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust 
Fund Drug Workgroup; Day 2 meeting agenda includes update on Indicator 
Selection for Healthy People 2030; update on Evaluation of Birth 
Outcomes Associated with Drug Use; and an update on the Utilization of 
Electronic Health Records (EHR) Data in NCHS Data Systems. Requests to 
make oral presentations should be submitted

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in writing to the contact person listed above. All requests must 
contain the name, address, telephone number, and organizational 
affiliation of the presenter. Written comments should not exceed five 
single-spaced typed pages in length and must be received by November 
19, 2018. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    The Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register 
notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee 
management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Sherri Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2018-22987 Filed 10-19-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4163-19-P