[Federal Register: January 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 16)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic
Testing
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the
twelfth meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic
Testing (SACGT), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting will be held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on February 13, 2002, and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
February 14, 2002, at the Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill road,
Bethesda, MD 20814. The meeting will be open to the public with
attendance limited to space available.
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The Committee will discuss a number of topics, including a report
from HHS agencies on their support of activities that increase the
knowledge and utility of genetic tests, horizon scanning in genetic
testing, and the Informed Consent Work Group's development of
principles of informed consent in clinical and public health settings.
Through a number of invited presentations, the Committee will also
begin exploring issues regarding the collection and analysis of
population data by race and ethnicity in health policy generally and in
genetic testing specifically. Time will be provided for public comment
and interested individuals should notify the contact person listed
below.
Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services
established SACGT to advise and make recommendations to the Secretary
through the Assistant Secretary for Health on all aspects of the
development and use of genetic tests. SACGT is directed to (1)
recommend policies and procedures for the safe and effective
incorporation of genetic technologies into health care; (2) assess the
effectiveness of existing and future measures for oversight of genetic
tests; and (3) identify research needs related to the Committee's
purview.
The draft meeting agenda and other information about SACGT will be
available at the following web site: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/
sacgt.htm. Individuals who wish to provide public comment or who plan
to attend the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should
notify the SACGT Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at
301-496-9838 or E-mail at sc112c@nih.gov. The SACGT office is located
at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
Dated: January 15, 2002.
Sarah Carr,
Executive Secretary, SACGT.
[FR Doc. 02-1793 Filed 1-23-02; 8:45 am]
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