[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16713-16714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06400]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following meeting of the National Committee on Vital and Health 
Statistics (NCVHS). The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 16, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 
7:30 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held virtually. The public is 
welcome to obtain a link to attend this meeting by following the 
instructions posted on the Committee website: https://www.cdc.gov/faca/committees/ncvhs.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Michaelis, MPA, Executive 
Secretary, National Committee on Vital Health and Statistics, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. Telephone: 
(301) 458-4202; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Sec.  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.

Security Act

    Purpose: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 
shall assist and advise the Secretary on health data, statistics, 
privacy, national health information policy, and the Department's 
strategy to best address those issues. The Committee also shall assist 
and advise the Department in the implementation of the Administrative 
Simplification provisions of HIPAA and shall inform decision making 
about data policy by HHS, states, local governments and the private 
sector.
    Matters to be Considered: The agenda will include an update from 
the Office of Civil Rights. The Committee will reserve time on the 
agenda for public comment. Agenda items are subject to change as 
priorities dictate. Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee 
members are available on the NCVHS website: https://www.cdc.gov/faca/committees/ncvhs.html, 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.
    The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of 
the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register 
notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee 
management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and

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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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