[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71340-71341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25334]


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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-12/.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2022: 10:30 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. EDT and Wednesday, December 7, 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, 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

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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 
Privacy, Confidentiality and Security (PCS) will present a recent 
environmental scan it commissioned entitled, ``Ongoing and Emerging 
Issues in Privacy and Security in a Post-COVID-19 Era,'' and discuss 
with fellow members potential opportunities where the Committee's 
advice to HHS may be useful. The PCS Subcommittee also will review with 
the full Committee possible development of recommendations stemming 
from briefings held during the Committee's July 21, 2022, meeting 
specific to data access and privacy for Tribal Epidemiology Centers.
    The Subcommittee on Standards will brief the Committee on 
preparations for its January 18-19, 2023, hearing focused on requests 
for new and updated transaction standards and operating rules. See the 
notice and request for comment regarding this meeting published at 87 
Federal Register 65782 on November 1, 2022, and available at this link: 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-11-01/pdf/2022-23678.pdf. 
The briefing will include an update on collaborations with the 
Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)--also an advisor to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)--to inform deliberations 
as the Committee considers drafting recommendations to HHS on proposed 
new and updated standards and operating rules. The Subcommittee on 
Standards also will update the full Committee on follow up activities 
to previous recommendations on the transition to the 11th Revision of 
the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) and discuss plans 
for the year ahead. Last, the Committee will identify areas of focus 
for its 2023 Report to Congress.
    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 on the NCVHS website for 
updates: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-12/.

Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2022-25334 Filed 11-21-22; 8:45 am]
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