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Federal Register Notice: Secretary's Council Meeting, April 23, 1999


[Federal Register: March 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 44)]
[Notices]
[Page 11011-11012]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr08mr99-81]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary
Meeting of the Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010
AGENCY: Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of third meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing notice that the Secretary's Council on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2010 will hold its third annual meeting, as mandated by its charter. Council members are charged with advising the Secretary on the Development of objectives for the Healthy People 2010 initiative. In this meeting they have responsibility for reviewing the draft objectives and other documents. The 2010 initiative is to be released to the public in January 2000.

DATES: The Council will hold its next meeting on April 23, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 4:00 p.m. E.D.T.

ADDRESSES: Department of Health and Human Services, Sixth floor conference room, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201. The meeting is open to the public; seating is limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellis Davis, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Room 738G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201, (202) 260-2873. The electronic mail address is: edavis@osophs.dhhs.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council was establish by charter on September 5, 1996 to provide assistance to the Secretary and the Department of Health and Human Services in the development of health promotion and disease prevention objectives to enhance the health of Americans by 2010. The charter was renewed on September 4, 1998. The Council meets approximately once a year and will terminate on September 5, 2000.

The Council is charged to advise the Secretary on the development of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and objectives and to provide links with States, communities, and the private sector to ensure their involvement in the process of development these goals and objectives. The Secretary of Health and Human Services chairs the Council, with the Assistant Secretary for Health as Vice Chair. Other members include the Operating Division Heads of the Department and the former Assistant Secretaries for Health. Management and support services are provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary.

During its tenure, the Council has overseen the development of Healthy People 2010, the third generation of a national initiative to prevent disease and promote the health of the American people. At its third meeting, the membership will review the framework and objectives for 2010 as revised by Department agencies after consideration of comments received from the public during a 3-months' period that ended on December 15, 1998. The Council will also discuss other documents that will accompany the compilation of objectives, including a policy guide, a statistical review, and options for a set of leading health indicators. The discussions will conclude with the members' review of plans for a 3-day event in late January 2000 to introduce the 2010 initiative to the public.

If time permits at the conclusion of the formal agenda of the Council, the Chair may allow brief oral statements of no more than three minutes in length from interested parties and persons in attendance. The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited. Because of strict security in the Humphrey Building, members of the public who do not have a Federal government identification card should call Ms. Phyllis Carroll (202-205-8611) when they arrive in the building lobby to arrange for an escort to the meeting. If you will require a sign language interpreter, please call Ms. Carroll by 4:30 p.m. E.D.T. on April 9, 1999 to inform her of this need.

Dated: February 26, 1999.
Linda D. Meyers,
Acting Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
[FR Doc. 99-5533 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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