[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39842-39843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14176]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Meeting

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS.

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. This meeting is open to the public. The public is 
welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting by following the 
instructions posted on the Committee website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-11/.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, July 20, 2022: 10:30 a.m.-
5:00 p.m. EDT and Thursday, July 21, 2022: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT.

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 telephone the 
CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at (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. 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.
    The Subcommittee on Standards will provide an update from its June 
9, 2022, Listening Session on Standardization of Information for Burden 
Reduction and Post-Pandemic America (``Convergence 2.0''). The 
Subcommittee anticipates discussing draft recommendations with the full 
Committee developed as a result of a yearlong process.
    In addition, the Committee will hear an update on developments on 
uptake of International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision (ICD-
11) and briefings on various data privacy, confidentiality, and 
security developments to inform the workplan, which also will be 
discussed. The Committee's Workgroup on Sexual Orientation and Gender 
Identity/Social Determinants of Health Data (SOGI/

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SDOH) will give an update on recent activities and upcoming plans.
    The Committee will reserve time for public comment toward the end 
of the agenda on both days. Meeting times and topics are subject to 
change. Please refer to the agenda posted at the NCVHS website for this 
meeting at: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-11/ 
for 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. 2022-14176 Filed 7-1-22; 8:45 am]
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