[Federal Register: September 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 175)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Conference
Call
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of
Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee
telephone conference call.
Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
Time and Date: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., September 10, 2001.
Place: Conference Call, Dial in Number (800) 403-2010,
Participant Code 478387.
Status: Open.
Purpose: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
in the statutory public advisory body to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services in the area of health data, statistics, and health
information policy. It is established by section 306(k) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(k)), and its mandate
includes advising the Secretary on the implementation of part C of
title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d through 1320d-
8)(the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Pub.
L. 104-191).
The Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality monitors major
developments in health information privacy and confidentiality on
behalf of the full Committee, makes recommendations to the full
Committee and assists and advises the Department on implementation
of the health information privacy provisions of HIPAA.
This meeting of the Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality
will be conducted as a conference call to continue subcommittee
discussion following the hearing held on August 21, 22 and 23
regarding: (1) The effects of the HIPAA health information privacy
regulation on research (both research in which treatment is given
and records-based research); and (2) the regulation's provisions for
use and disclosure of health information for marketing. During this
conference call, draft recommendations will be developed on the
implementation of the HIPAA privacy regulation (45 CFR parts 160 and
164) with respect to matters considered at the hearing. After the
conference call, the Subcommittee will prepare a draft letter to HHS
Secretary Thompson. The draft letter will contain recommendations,
and it will be reviewed by the full National Committee on Vital and
Health Statistics at the September 24-25 meeting.
The HIPAA privacy regulation and further information about it
can be found on the web site of the HHS Office for Civil Rights, at
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/. The regulation has been in effect
since April 14, 2001. Most entities covered by the regulation must
come into compliance by April 14, 2003, and many are beginning the
process of implementation.
Additional information about the Conference Call will be
provided on the NCVHS website at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov shortly
before the Conference Call date.
Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program
information may be obtained from Gail Horlick, M.S.W., J.D., Lead
Staff Person for the NCVHS Subcommittee on Privacy and
Confidentiality, Office of Research and Demonstrations, Program
Analyst, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-62, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, telephone (404) 639-8345; or Majorie S. Greenberg,
Executive Secretary, NCVHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential Building,
6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301)
458-4245.
Information about the committee, including summaries of past
meetings and a roster of committee members, is available on the
Committee's website at http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov.
Dated: August 29, 2001.
James Scanlon,
Director, Division of Data Policy.
[FR Doc. 01-22576 Filed 9-7-01; 8:45 am]
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