[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 101 (Thursday, May 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 33895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11207]


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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-13/.

NAME: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Meeting

DATES: Wednesday, June 14, 2023: 10:00 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 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. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996 (HIPAA),\1\ NCVHS advises the Secretary on administrative 
simplification standards, including those for privacy, security, 
adoption and implementation of transaction standards, unique 
identifiers, code sets, and operating rules adopted under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).\2\
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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.
    \2\ Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat.119, available at https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ148/PLAW-111publ148.pdf.
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    The purpose of this meeting is to provide a public forum for the 
Committee to consider what comments it will make on the April 17, 2023, 
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) ``HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support 
Reproductive Health Care Privacy'' which is available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/04/17/2023-07517/hipaa-privacy-rule-to-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy.
    In addition, the Committee will consider what recommendations it 
will make in response to updated and new operating rules proposed by 
the Council for Affordable Quality Health Care (CAQH), Committee on 
Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE), to support adopted 
HIPAA standards, and an updated version of the X12 standard for claims 
and electronic remittance advice transactions (Version 8020) proposed 
by X12. The Committee developed these recommendations in response to 
formal proposals received from CAQH CORE \3\ and X12 \4\ respectively, 
informed by a Request for Comment (RFC) and two-day hearing held 
January 18-19, 2023.\5\ Details on the recent RFC and hearings are 
available on the Committee's website here: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/standards-subcommittee-hearing/.
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    \3\ Letter from CAQH CORE to NCVHS, May 23, 2022: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CAQH-CORE-Board-Letter-to-NCVHS-re-New-Updated-OR-052322-508.pdf.
    \4\ Letter from X12 to NCVHS, June 7, 2022: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/X12-Request-for-review-of-8020-transactions-060822-to-NCVHS-508.pdf.
    \5\ See, Subcommittee on Standards, National Committee on Vital 
and Health Statistics, Hearing on Requests for New and Updated 
Transaction Standards and Operating Rules, available at https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/standards-subcommittee-hearing/.
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    The Committee will reserve time on the agenda for public comment. 
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-13/.

Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Science and Data 
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2023-11207 Filed 5-24-23; 8:45 am]
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