Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 128 / Tuesday, July 6, 2010 / Notices 38819 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 5216, 

MSC 7852, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594– 

6377, sigmonh@csr.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: June 29, 2010. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16334 Filed 7–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

National Advisory Council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality: 

Request for Nominations for Public 

Members 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations for public members. 

SUMMARY: Section 921 (now Section 941 

of the Public Health Service Act (PHS 

Act)), 42 U.S.C. 299c, established a 

National Advisory Council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality (the 

Council). The Council is to advise the 

Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and the 

Director of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) on 

activities proposed or undertaken to 

carry out the agency mission including 

providing guidance on (A) Priorities for 

health care research, (B) the field of 

health care research including training 

needs and information dissemination on 

health care quality and (C) the role of 

the Agency in light of private sector 

activity and opportunities for public 

private partnerships. 

Seven current members’ terms will 

expire in November 2010. To fill these 

positions in accordance with the 

legislative mandate establishing the 

Council, we are seeking individuals 

who are distinguished: (1) In the 

conduct of research, demonstration 

projects, and evaluations with respect to 

health care; (2) in the fields of health 

care quality research or health care 

improvement; (3) in the practice of 

medicine; (4) in other health 

professions; (5) in the fields of health 

care economics, information systems, 

law, ethics, business, or public policy; 

and (6) individuals who could represent 

the interests of patients and consumers 

of health care; and (7) the private health 

care sector (including health plans, 

providers, and purchasers) possibly 

including distinguished administrators 

of health care delivery systems., 

Individuals are particularly sought with 

experience and success in activities 

specified in the summary above. 

DATES: Nominations should be received 

on or before 60 days after date of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Ms. Karen Brooks, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room 3006, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. Nominations may also 

be e-mailed to mailto: AHRQ National 

Advisory Council@AHRQ.hhs.gov or 

faxed to (301) 427–1201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Brooks, AHRQ, at (301) 427– 

1801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

941 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c, 

provides that the Secretary shall appoint 

to the National Advisory council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality twenty 

one appropriately qualified individuals 

and specifies that at least seventeen 

members shall be representatives of the 

public and at least one member shall be 

a specialist in the rural aspects of one 

or more of the professions or fields 

listed in the above summary. In 

addition, the Secretary is directed to 

designate, as ex officio members, 

representatives from Federal agencies 

specified in the authorizing legislation, 

principally agencies that conduct or 

support health care research, as well as 

other Federal officials the Secretary may 

consider appropriate. The Council 

meets in the Washington, DC, 

metropolitan area, generally in 

Rockville, Maryland, approximately 

three times a year to provide broad 

guidance to the Secretary and AHRQ’s 

Director, as described above, on the 

direction of and programs undertaken 

by AHRQ. 

Seven individuals will be selected 

presently by the Secretary to serve on 

the Council beginning with the meeting 

in the spring of 2011. Members 

generally serve 3-year terms. 

Appointments are staggered to permit 

an orderly rotation of membership. 

Interested persons may nominate one 

or more qualified persons for 

membership on the Council. Selfnominations are accepted. Nominations 

shall include: (1) A copy of the 

nominee’s resume or curriculum vitae; 

and (2) a statement that the nominee is 

willing to serve as a member of the 

Council. Selected candidates will be 

asked to provide detailed information 

concerning their financial interests, 

consultant positions and research grants 

and contracts, to permit evaluation of 

possible sources of conflict of interest. 

Please note that once you are 

nominated, AHRQ may consider your 

nomination for future positions on the 

Council. In accordance with a 

Memorandum from the President dated 

June 18, 2010, Federally registered 

lobbyists are not eligible for positions 

on Federal advisory councils. 

The Department seeks broad and 

diverse geographic representation on the 

Council. In addition, since AHRQ is 

mandated to conduct and support 

research concerning priority 

populations, which under 42 U.S.C. 

299(c) includes: Low-income groups; 

minority groups; women; children; the 

elderly; and individuals with special 

health care needs, including individuals 

with disabilities and individuals who 

need chronic care or end-of-life health 

care, nominations of individuals with 

expertise in health care for these 

priority populations are encouraged. 

Dated: June 25, 2010. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–16102 Filed 7–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

Part C (Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention) of the Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated 

October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 

69296, October 20, 1980, as amended 

most recently at 75 FR 22821–29, dated 

April 30, 2010) is amended to reflect the 

reorganization of the Division of Blood 

Disorders within the National Center on 

Birth Defects and Developmental 

Disabilities, Office of Noncommunicable 

Diseases, Injury and Environmental 

Health, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention. 

Section C–B, Organization and 

Functions, is hereby amended as 

follows: 

Delete in its entirety the title and 

function statement for the Office of the 

Director (CUBD1) and insert the 

following. 

Office of the Director (CUBD1). (1) 

Provides leadership and guidance on 

strategic planning and implementation, 


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