[Federal Register: February 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 29)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in
Newborns and Children
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is
requesting nominations to fill eight (8) vacancies on the Advisory
Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and
Children.
Authority: Section 1111 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 300b-10. The
Committee is governed by the provisions of Public Law 92-463, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and 41 CFR Part 102-3, which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
DATES: The agency must receive nominations on or before March 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: All nominations are to be submitted to Michele A. Lloyd-
Puryear, M.D., Ph.D., Designated Federal Official and Executive
Secretary, Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders and Genetic
Diseases in Newborns and Children, and Chief, Genetic Services Branch,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Room 18A-19, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857. Nominations will not be accepted by e-mail
or facsimilie.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jill F. Shuger, Genetic Services
Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, at jshuger@hrsa.gov or
(301) 443-1080. A copy of the Committee Charter and list of the current
membership can be obtained by contacting Ms. Shuger or by accessing the
Advisory Committee Web site at http://mchb.hrsa.gov/programs/genetics/committee
.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title XXVI of the Children's Health Act of
2000, ``Screening for Heritable Disorders,'' established a program to
improve the ability of States to provide newborn and child screening
for heritable disorders. Title XXVI enacts three sections of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act: Sections 1109, 1110, and 1111. The Secretary
of Health and Human Services (HHS) is directed under section 1111 of
the PHS Act to establish an Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders
in Newborns and Children (Committee). HHS has expanded the Committee to
include genetic diseases and has renamed the Committee accordingly.
The Committee is established to advise and guide the Secretary
regarding the most appropriate application of universal newborn
screening tests, technologies, policies, guidelines and programs for
effectively reducing morbidity and mortality in newborns and children
having or at risk for heritable disorders. In addition, the Committee
provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary concerning the
grants and projects authorized under section 1109 and technical
information to develop policies and priorities for this Program that
will enhance the ability of the State and local health agencies to
provide for newborn and child screening, counseling and health care
services for newborns and children having or at risk for heritable
disorders.
Specifically, HRSA is requesting nominations for eight voting
members to serve on the Committee. Members shall be selected from
medical, technical, public health or scientific professionals with
special expertise in the field of heritable disorders or in providing
screening, counseling, testing or specialty services for newborns and
children at risk for heritable disorders and from members of the public
having
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special expertise about or concern with heritable disorders.
The individuals selected for appointment to the Committee can be
invited to serve for overlapping terms of up to 4 years. However, any
member appointed to fill a vacancy of an unexpired term shall be
appointed for the remainder of such term. Members may serve after the
expiration of their term until their successors have taken office.
Terms of more than 2 years are contingent upon the renewal of the
Committee by appropriate action prior to its expiration. Members who
are not Federal employees will receive a stipend for each day they are
engaged in the performance of their duties as members of the Committee.
Members shall receive per diem and travel expenses as authorized by
Section 5 U.S.C. 5703 for persons employed intermittently in Government
service. Members who are officers or employees of the United States
Government shall not receive compensation for service on the Committee.
Nominees will be invited to serve beginning from September 30, 2007.
To allow the Secretary to choose from a highly qualified list of
potential candidates, more than one nomination is requested per open
position. Nominations should be typewritten. The following information
should be included in the package of material submitted for each
individual being nominated for consideration: (1) A letter of
nomination that clearly states the name and affiliation of the nominee,
the basis for the nomination (i.e., specific attributes which qualify
the nominee for service in this capacity), and a statement that the
nominee is willing to serve as a member of the Committee and appears to
have no conflict of interest that would preclude the Committee
membership--potential candidates will be asked to provide detailed
information concerning consultancies, research grants, or contracts to
permit evaluation of possible sources of conflicts of interest; (2) the
nominator's name, address, and daytime telephone number, and the home/
or work address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the individual
being nominated; and (3) a current copy of the nominee's curriculum
vitae. Please submit nominations no later than March 15, 2007.
To the extent practicable, members of the Committee should have
expertise in dealing with heritable disorders and genetic diseases that
affect the racial and ethnic and geographical diversity of newborns
served by the State newborn screening programs. The Department of
Health and Human Services will ensure that the membership of the
Committee reflects an equitable geographical and gender distribution,
provided that the effectiveness of the Committee would not be impaired.
Appointments shall be made without discrimination on the basis of age,
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and cultural, religious, or
socioeconomic status.
Dated: February 6, 2007.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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