[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41639-41640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20269]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the
following National Advisory bodies scheduled to meet during the month
of September 1996.
Name: National Advisory Council on the National Health Service
Corps.
Date and Time: September 5-8, 1996
Place: Marriott Residence Inn, 7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda,
Maryland.
The meeting is open to the public.
Agenda: Agenda items include updates on the National Health
Service Corps program, policies, and budget; meetings of the Council
workgroups on new environment strategies, health system linkages,
and mission coalition building; and site visits to community health
centers in the area.
The opening meeting will be held on Thursday, September 5 from
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. On Friday, site visits will begin at 9:00
a.m. and will be followed by a business meeting which will conclude
about 7:00 p.m. Saturday's meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and
includes meetings of the Council workgroups. On Sunday, the meeting
will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will adjourn around noon.
The meeting is open to the public; however, no transportation
will be provided for the site visits. Anyone requiring information
regarding the subject Council should contact Ms. Jewel Davis,
National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps,
Health Resources and Services Administration, 8th floor, 4350 East
West Highway, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 594-4144.
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Name: Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV).
Date and Time: September 10-11, 9:00 am-5:00 pm.
Place: Parklawn Building, Conference Rooms G & H, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
The meeting is open to the public.
The first day of the meeting, will consist of meetings of one of
the Commission's workgroups and Subcommittees.
Name: Workgroup on Intent, Provisions and Process.
Date and Time: September 10, 1996; 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon.
Place: Parklawn Building, Potomac Room.
Agenda: Agenda items will include, but not be limited to,
discussion of the following issues: Program and policy issues
related to the operation of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Name: Joint ACCV/National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC)
Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety.
Time: September 10, 1996; 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Place: Parklawn Building, Conference Rooms G & H.
Agenda: Agenda items will include, but not be limited to:
discussion of the inclusion of adult vaccines under the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; and discussion of the Task
Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, Final Report and Recommendations.
The full Commission will meet on Wednesday, September 11 from
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Agenda items will include, but not be limited
to: a report on the Vaccine Safety Subcommittee; a report from the
Workgroup on Intent, Provision and Process; and update on the
Proposed Polio Immunization Schedule Changes; and an update on the
Current Status of Licensure of Acellular Pertussis Vaccines and
routine Program reports.
Public comment will be permitted before the Workgroup and
Subcommittee meetings adjourn on September 10; and before noon and
at the end of the Commission meeting on September 11. Oral
presentations will be limited to 5 minutes per public speaker.
Persons interested in providing an oral presentation should
submit a written request, along with a copy of their presentation to
Ms. Mellissa Palmer, Principal Staff Liaison, Division of Vaccine
Injury Compensation, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources
and Services Administration, Room 8A-35, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20852; Telephone (301) 443-6593. Requests should
contain the name, address, telephone number, and any business or
professional affiliation of the person desiring to make an oral
presentation. Groups having similar interests are requested to
combine their comments and present them through a single
representative. The allocation of time may be adjusted to
accommodate the level of expressed interest. The Division of Vaccine
Injury Compensation will notify each presenter by mail or telephone
of their assigned presentation time. Persons who do not file an
advance request for presentation, but desire to make an oral
statement, may sign up in Conference Room G and H on
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September 10-11. These persons will be allocated time as time
permits.
Anyone requiring information regarding the Commission should
contact Ms. Palmer.
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Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health.
Dates and Time: September 15, 1996--3:00 p.m.
Place: The Historic Inns of Annapolis, 16 Church Circle,
Annapolis, MD 21401, Phone: (410) 263-2641, FAX: (410) 268-3813.
The meeting is open to the public.
Agenda: The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September
15, with an orientation. A reception is planned following the
orientation.
The plenary session on Monday, September 16, will convene at
8:30 a.m. with a legislative update and an overview of the Office of
Rural Health Policy activities. Committee members will review the
American Public Health Association's resolution, ``Rural Health
Goals: Guaranteeing a Future.'' The remainder of the day and
Tuesday, September 17, will be devoted to formulating Committee
recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Committee members will meet in their workgroups--Education and
Health Services and Health Care Financing--to draft these
recommendations. The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday,
September 18. Adjournment is anticipated by 12:30 p.m.
Anyone requiring information regarding the subject Committee
should contact Dena S. Puskin, Executive Secretary, National
Advisory Committee on Rural Health, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Room 9-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-0835, FAX (301) 443-
2803.
Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting
should contact Ms. Arlene Granderson or Lisa Shelton, Office of
Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration,
Telephone (301) 443-0835.
Agenda Items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Dated: August 5, 1996.
Jackie E. Baum,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, HRSA.
[FR Doc. 96-20269 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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