[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41444-41445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10288]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Meeting
AGENCY: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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 a link to attend this meeting by following the
instructions posted on the Committee website: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-18/.
DATES: Wednesday, June 5, 2024: 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES: Virtual open meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information may
be obtained from Naomi Michaelis, MPA, 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) 458-4202.
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available
on the
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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: 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\ Included in HIPAA is the
statutory reporting requirement that the Committee submit to Congress
and make public, a report regarding the implementation of part C of
title XI of the Social Security Act.
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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 meeting agenda will include discussion of the NCVHS 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-18/.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Science and Data
Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2024-10288 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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