2023-25877. Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

AGENCY:

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION:

Notice of a virtual meeting.

SUMMARY:

As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service is hereby giving notice that the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA or the Council) will convene the 79th full council meeting utilizing virtual technologies on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The meeting will be open to the public and there will be a public comment session during the meeting; pre-registration is required to provide public comment. To pre-register to provide public comment, please send an email to [e-mail] and include your name, organization, and title by close of business Monday, November 27, 2023. If you decide you would like to provide public comment but do not pre-register, you may submit your written statement by emailing [e-mail] by close of business Wednesday, December 13, 2023. The meeting agenda will be posted on the PACHA page on HIV.gov at https://www.hiv.gov/​federal-response/​pacha/​about-pacha prior to the meeting.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 6 from approximately 11:00 a.m.–06:00 p.m. (ET).

ADDRESSES:

To attend the meeting virtually, please visit www.hhs.gov/​live.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Caroline Talev, MPA, Senior Management Analyst, at [e-mail] or [e-mail] or (202) 795–7622. Additional information can be obtained by accessing the Council's page on the HIV.gov site at www.hiv.gov/​pacha.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

PACHA was established by Executive Order 12963, dated June 14, 1995, as amended by Executive Order 13009, dated June 14, 1996 and is currently operating under the authority given in Executive Order 14048, dated September 30, 2021. The Council was established to provide advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies intended to promote effective HIV diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and quality care services. The functions of the Council are solely advisory in nature. The Council consists of not more than 35 members. Council members are selected from prominent community leaders with particular expertise in, or knowledge of, matters concerning HIV and AIDS, public health, global health, population health, philanthropy, marketing or business, as well as other national leaders held in high esteem from other sectors of society. PACHA selections also include persons with lived HIV experience and racial/ethnic and sexual and gender minority persons disproportionately affected by HIV. Council members are appointed by the Secretary.

Dated: October 31, 2023.

B. Kaye Hayes,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infectious Disease, Director, Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services.