[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 174 (Monday, September 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73101-73102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20232]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department 
of Health and Human

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Services (HHS) announces the following joint meeting of the 
Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security and the 
Subcommittee on Standards, two subcommittees of the National Committee 
on Vital and Health Statistics. This meeting is open to the public.

DATES: Thursday, September 19, 2024: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT and Friday, 
September 20, 2024: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: Virtual open meeting. 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-17/.

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 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. The original authorities of NCVHS are 
described at 42 U.S. Code 242k. Additional authorities were added by 
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, 
Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936, Aug. 21, 1996), under which 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, Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat, 119, Mar. 23, 2010). 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.
    Purpose: The purpose of the Joint Meeting of the Subcommittee on 
Privacy, Confidentiality and Security and the Subcommittee on Standards 
is to gather information and plan for upcoming projects. There will be 
a panel on privacy and security in health data access with invited 
experts. The agenda will also include updates from the Department, an 
update on the ongoing work of the ICD-11 Workgroup, and preparation for 
the upcoming work of the Subcommittee on Standards and a celebration of 
the 75th anniversary of the Committee.
    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-17/.

Sarah Lessem,
Executive Director, NCVHS, Senior Data Policy Analyst, Office of 
Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning 
and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2024-20232 Filed 9-6-24; 8:45 am]
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