[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 187 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 54221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21277]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Charter Renewal for the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal 
Mortality (Formerly the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality)

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, HHS is 
hereby giving notice that the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality 
has been renamed the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal 
Mortality (ACIMM) and has been renewed.

DATES: The effective date of the charter renewal is September 30, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Lee, MPH, Designated Federal 
Official, HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
18N84, Rockville, Maryland 20857; (301) 443-0543; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  ACIMM is authorized by section 222 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), as amended. The Committee 
is governed by provisions of Public Law 92-463, as amended, (5 U.S.C. 
App. 2), which sets forth standards for the formation and use of 
Advisory Committees. ACIMM advises the Secretary of HHS on department 
activities, partnerships, policies, and programs directed at reducing 
infant mortality, maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, and 
improving the health status of infants and women before, during, and 
after pregnancy. The Committee provides advice on how best to 
coordinate federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governmental 
efforts designed to improve infant mortality, related adverse birth 
outcomes, and maternal health, as well as influence similar efforts in 
the private and voluntary sectors. ACIMM provides guidance and 
recommendations on the policies, programs, and resources required to 
address the disparities and inequities in infant mortality, related 
adverse birth outcomes and maternal health outcomes, including maternal 
mortality and severe maternal morbidity. With its focus on underlying 
causes of the disparities and inequities seen in birth outcomes for 
women and infants, the Committee advises the Secretary on the health, 
social, economic, and environmental factors contributing to the 
inequities and proposes structural, policy, and/or systems level 
changes.
    The charter renewal and name change for ACIMM was approved on 
September 30, 2021, which will also stand as the filing date. Renewal 
of the ACIMM charter gives authorization for the ACIMM committee to 
operate until September 30, 2023.
    A copy of the ACIMM charter is available on the ACIMM website at 
https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html. A 
copy of the charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database 
that is maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the 
General Services Administration. The website address for the FACA 
database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2021-21277 Filed 9-29-21; 8:45 am]
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