2024-10288. 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.

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 [e-mail]; or by telephone [phone]. 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 [phone] 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.

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.

Footnotes

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.