[Federal Register: April 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 62)]
[Notices] [Page 15767-15768]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meetings Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Executive Subcommittee.

Times and Dates: 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., April 21, 1999.

Place: Conference Room 405A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201.

Status: Open.

Purpose: The Executive Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistic (NCVHS) is scheduled to hold a meeting on Wednesday, April 21, 1999 in the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, DC. The NCVHS is the Department's statutory federal advisory committee on health data, privacy and health information policy. At the meeting, the Subcommittee plans to discuss NCVHS subcommittee and work group plans for 1999, review the status of committee projects, priorities and initiatives, and plan for the June 1999 meeting of the full committee. In addition, the Subcommittee is expected to review and finalize the NCVHS 1998 Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Administrative Simplification Provisions of HIPAA, as well as the report to the Secretary on NCVHS activities and accomplishments during 1996-1998.

All topics are tentative and subject to change. Please check the NCVHS website for a detailed agenda prior to the meeting.

Contact Person for More Information: Substantive information as well as a roster of committee members may be obtained by visiting the NCVHS website (http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs), where an agenda will be posted prior to the meeting. You may also contact James Scanlon, NCVHS Executive Staff Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440-D, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 690-7100, or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436- 4253.

Note: In the interest of security, the Department has instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey Building by non-government employees. Thus, individuals without a government identification card may need to have the guard call for an escort to the meeting room.

Date: March 25, 1999.

James Scanlon, Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of Program Systems, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 99-7949 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]

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