Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 190 / Friday, October 2, 2009 / Notices 50981 

Drive, Room 3089B, MSC 7848, Bethesda, 

MD 20892. (301) 402–4411. 

tianbi@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: September 25, 2009. 

Jennifer Spaeth, 

Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–23719 Filed 10–1–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the AHRQ National 

Advisory Council for Healthcare 

Research and Quality Subcommittee 

on Patient Safety and Medical Liability 

Reform Demonstrations 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Council for Healthcare Research and 

Quality Subcommittee on Patient Safety 

and Medical Liability Reform 

Demonstrations. 

DATES: The meeting will be held in 

October; specific information will be 

available on the AHRQ Web site at 

http://www.AHRQ.gov. 

ADDRESSES: To be determined; in 

Washington, DC Metro area; specific 

information will be available at http:// 

www.AHRQ.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Williams, Director for 

Strategic Partnerships, Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 

Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 

20850, (301) 427–1850. 

For press-related information, please 

contact: Karen Migdail at (301) 427– 

1855. 

If sign language interpretation or 

other reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact: Mr. 

Michael Chew, Director, Office of Equal 

Employment Opportunity Program, 

Program Support Center, (301) 443– 

1144 (no later than October 15, 2009). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Purpose 

The National Advisory Council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality was 

established in accordance with Section 

921 (now Section 931) of the Public 

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c. In 

accordance with its statutory mandate, 

the Council is to advise the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services and the Director, Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), on matters related to actions of 

AHRQ to enhance the quality, and 

improve the outcomes, of health care 

services; improve access to such 

services through scientific research; and 

promote improvements in clinical 

practice and in the organization, 

financing, and delivery of health care 

services. 

The Council is composed of members 

of the public, appointed by the 

Secretary, and Federal ex-officio 

members. AHRQ’s National Advisory 

Council on Healthcare Research and 

Quality (NAC) will establish a 

Subcommittee on Patient Safety and 

Medical Liability Reform 

Demonstrations. 

The Subcommittee will be created to 

provide advice to the NAC for 

consideration and transmission to 

AHRQ as AHRQ undertakes the 

development of a new demonstration 

initiative that will help States and 

health care systems to test models that 

put patient safety first and work to 

reduce preventable injuries, foster better 

communication between doctors and 

their patients, ensure that patients are 

compensated in a fair and timely 

manner for medical injuries, while 

reducing the incidence of frivolous 

lawsuits; and reduce liability premiums. 

As directed by President Obama, the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) will launch 

a competitive three-pronged initiative 

that will include support for 

demonstration grants to States and 

health systems, planning grants to States 

and health systems, and a rapid and 

comprehensive review of current efforts, 

targeting patient safety and medical 

liability. Prior to finalizing the Funding 

Opportunity Announcement for this 

new initiative, the chairman of AHRQ’s 

National Advisory Council will convene 

a subcommittee with diverse 

representation from expert and 

stakeholder groups to provide advice for 

this initiative. The date, time, location 

and agenda for the subcommittee 

meeting, which will be open to the 

public, will be available on the AHRQ 

Web site no later than two weeks in 

advance of such meeting. Members of 

the public will have the opportunity to 

submit comments to the subcommittee 

in person or in writing, and can 

participate in the meeting in person or 

via Web casting. The subcommittee will 

not review individual grants nor 

participate in award decisions. 

A roster of the Subcommittee 

members will be available at http:// 

www.AHRQ.gov. 

A more specific proposed agenda will 

be available before the meeting at http://

www.AHRQ.gov. 

The final agenda, including the time 

for public comment during the meeting, 

will be available on the AHRQ Web site 

at http://www.AHRQ.gov. Public 

comments may also be submitted in 

writing by e-mail, fax, mail, or hand 

delivery. E-mails are preferred. Please 

submit comments to: 

Medicalliabilitydemos@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

A comment submitted by e-mail should 

indicate that it is in response to 

‘‘Medical Liability Reform 

Demonstrations Subcommittee.’’ The 

deadline for written comments will be 

posted on the AHRQ Web site. Meeting 

minutes will be available within 21 

business days after the meeting. 

Dated: September 24, 2009. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–23594 Filed 10–1–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of an 

Altered System of Records; Medical 

Staff Credentials and Privileges 

Records 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service 

published a document in the Federal 

Register (FR) on September 9, 2009. The 

document contained three errors. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Betty Gould, Regulations Officer, 801 

Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 450, 

Rockville, MD 20852, Telephone (301) 

443–7899. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

9, 2009 in FR Doc. E9–21422, on page 

46437, in the third column, tenth line, 

change IRS to IHS; on page 46438, in the 

first column, second line, change HH to 

HHS; and on page 46439, in the first 

column, 25th line Records Source 

Categories, change IRS to IHS. 


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