[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70681-70682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22509]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal 
Mortality

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 
notice announces that the Advisory

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Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM) has scheduled a 
public meeting. Information about ACIMM and the agenda for this meeting 
can be found on the ACIMM website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html.

DATES: December 5, 2023, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time and December 6, 
2023, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in person at HRSA Headquarters 
(5600 Fishers Lane, Room 5W07, Rockville, MD, 20857) and virtually via 
webinar. The webinar link and log-in information will be available at 
the ACIMM website before the meeting: https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Lee, MPH, Designated Federal 
Official, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 18N84, Rockville, MD 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 the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. Chapter 10), as amended.
    ACIMM advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(Secretary) 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 to coordinate federal, state, local, tribal, and 
territorial governmental efforts designed to improve infant mortality, 
related adverse birth outcomes, maternal health, as well as influence 
similar efforts in the private and voluntary sectors. The Committee 
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 agenda for the December 5-6, 2023, meeting is being finalized 
and may include the following topics: an update on the recommendations 
submitted to the Secretary on improving birth outcomes among American 
Indian/Alaska Native mothers and infants; updates on the federal 
Healthy Start program; Committee workgroup discussions on rural health/
systems issues, social determinants of health, and preconception/
interconception care and reproductive health; federal updates; and 
Committee operations. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate. Refer to the ACIMM website listed above for any updated 
information concerning the meeting.
    Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide written 
or oral comments. Requests to submit a written statement or make oral 
comments to ACIMM should be sent to Vanessa Lee, using the email 
address above at least 3 business days prior to the meeting. Public 
participants may submit written statements in advance of the scheduled 
meeting by emailing [email protected]. Oral comments will be honored in 
the order they are requested and may be limited as time allows.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance or a 
reasonable accommodation should notify Vanessa Lee at the contact 
information listed above at least 10 business days prior to the 
meeting.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2023-22509 Filed 10-11-23; 8:45 am]
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