[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62254-62255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29531]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Request for Nominations to the National Advisory Committee on
Rural Health
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill five vacancies on the Secretary's
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
DATES: Nominations must be received by close-of-business on Friday,
January 5, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Nominations and the curricula vitae of nominees should be
sent to Dena S. Puskin, Sc.D., Executive Secretary to the National
Advisory Committee on Rural Health, Room 9-05, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Shelton at the above address, or
phone (301) 443-0835 for further information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HRSA is requesting nominations under the
authorities that established the National Advisory Committee on Rural
Health: the Federal Advisory Committee Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub. L.
92-473) and Section 22 of the Public Health Service Act.
The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health is an 18-member
citizens' panel appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human
Services to provide advice on rural health needs. Drawing from
committee members' diverse experience with rural health care issues,
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the committee annually reports to the Secretary on the rural impact of
the Department's policies and regulations. It also offers
recommendations for strategies that could improve the provision and
financing of health care services in rural areas.
Each appointee serves a four-year term and is a voting member of
the committee. Appointees to the five seats becoming vacant will serve
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 2000.
This year the Department is requesting nominations for five members
whose expertise would include experience in one or more of the
following: (1) The development and delivery of health services in rural
areas; (2) state government and state-wide development of rural health
programs; (3) rural mental health/substance abuse; (4) health economics
and health care financing; (5) rural health professions education; and
(6) rural health research.
Nomination Procedure
Any interested person may nominate for consideration one or more
qualified individuals for membership on the committee. Nominators shall
note that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of the committee
for the full, four-year term, and that such person appears to have no
conflict of interest that would preclude this service. For each
nominee, nominations must include a complete curriculum vitae, a
current business address, and a daytime telephone number. Nominators
are invited to state why they believe a nominee to be particularly
well-qualified. Please note that due to time constraints, incomplete
nominations (such as those without a curriculum vitae) will not be
considered.
The Department has a special interest in assuring that
appropriately qualified citizens who are women, members of a minority,
or who have a physical disability are adequately represented on
advisory bodies. It therefore encourages the nomination of such
candidates to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health. The
Department will also give close consideration to an equitable
geographic representation.
Appointments shall be made without discrimination on the basis of
age, race, sex, culture, religion, or socioeconomic status.
Dated: November 30, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-29531 Filed 12-4-95; 8:45 am]
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