[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 158 (Thursday, August 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 46705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17809]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human 
Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
(NCVHS), Meeting of the Full Committee. This meeting is open to the 
public. The public is welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting 
by following the instructions that will be posted here prior to the 
meeting: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/.

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, September 9, 2021: 10:30 
a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST and Friday, September 10, 2021: 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 
EST

ADDRESSES: Virtual open meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information may be 
obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, or via 
electronic mail to [email protected]; or by telephone (301) 458-4715. 
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available 
on the home page of the NCVHS website, https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where 
further information including an agenda and instructions to access the 
broadcast of the meeting will be posted.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as 
possible.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose: As outlined in its Charter, the National Committee on 
Vital and Health Statistics assists and advises the Secretary of HHS on 
health data, data standards, statistics, privacy, national health 
information policy, and the Department's strategy to best address those 
issues. This includes the adoption and implementation of transaction 
standards, unique identifiers, operating rules and code sets adopted 
under the Health Insurance and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).\1\ At 
this meeting, the Committee will receive updates from HHS officials, 
hold discussions on current health data policy topics, and discuss its 
work plan for the upcoming period.
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    \1\ Public Law 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug 21, 1996), available 
at https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf.
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    The Subcommittee on Standards will bring forward a letter that 
outlines a set of recommendations for HHS actions regarding the 11th 
Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) for 
the Committee's consideration. In addition, the Subcommittee will 
update the full Committee on the August 25 Listening Session on 
Healthcare Standards Development, Adoption and Implementation, and how 
the input received from that session, as well as from an extended 
public comment period, is informing the Subcommittee's ``Convergence 
2.0'' project. The Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality & Security 
will update the Committee regarding the July 14 hearing on Security in 
Healthcare and on its project to examine considerations for data 
collection and use during a public health emergency. The Committee also 
will discuss a potential project that would assess current standards 
and practices for reporting race and ethnicity data and sexual 
orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.
    The Committee will reserve time for public comment toward the end 
of the schedule on both days. Meeting times and topics are subject to 
change. Please refer to the agenda posted at the NCVHS website for this 
meeting https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/ for 
any updates.

Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2021-17809 Filed 8-18-21; 8:45 am]
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