[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43364-43365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14284]


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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 attend in person or virtually by following the instructions 
posted on the website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-14/.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) 
Meeting.

DATES: 
    Wednesday, July 19, 2023: 9:15 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT.
    Thursday, July 20, 2023: 8:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Hubert H. Humphrey Building (HHS Headquarters), 200 
Independence Avenue SW, Room 505-A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Registration is not required for in-person attendance; however, it 
is strongly encouraged to expedite entry through building security. A 
valid form

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of U.S. ID is required for in-person attendance.

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.\1\ Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability 
Act of 1996 (HIPAA),\2\ 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).\3\
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    \1\ The original authorities of NCVHS are described at 42 U.S. 
Code Sec.  242k.
    \2\ Public Law 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug 21, 1996), available 
at https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf.
    \3\ Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (Mar. 23, 2010), available 
at https://www.congress.gov/111/plaws/publ148/PLAW-111publ148.pdf.
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    The meeting agenda will include time to introduce six new members 
recently appointed to serve on the Committee, continue with activities 
outlined in the NCVHS 2023 workplan, and hold discussions on several 
health data policy topics, including a briefing on conversational 
artificial intelligence (AI).
    The NCVHS Workgroup on Timely and Strategic Action to Inform ICD-11 
Policy for morbidity will report to the full Committee on activities 
leading up to the August 3, 2023, Expert Roundtable meeting. The 
National Center for Health Statistics will provide an update on 
implementation of ICD-11 for mortality.
    The Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality and Security will host 
panel briefings on Privacy and Reproductive Health with invited 
experts. The Subcommittee on Standards will report on its ``Convergence 
2.0'' activities in light of completion of recommendations to the 
Department approved at the June 14, 2023, meeting of the full 
Committee. Finally, the Committee will allot time to discuss language 
for inclusion in the Committee's 2023 Report to Congress.
    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-14/.

Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Science and Data 
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2023-14284 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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