31172 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 16, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Minority Health; Notice of a

Cooperative Agreement with The

National Alliance for Hispanic Health.

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office

of Minority Health.

ACTION: Notice of a Cooperative

Agreement with The National Alliance

for Hispanic Health.

The Office of Minority Health (OMH),

Office of Public Health and Science,

announces its intent to continue support

of the umbrella cooperative agreement

with The National Alliance for Hispanic

Health (Alliance), formerly known as

the National Coalition of Hispanic

Health and Human Services

Organizations. This cooperative

agreement will continue the broad

programmatic framework in which

specific projects can be supported by

various governmental agencies during

the project period.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to support the efforts of the

Alliance in expanding and enhancing its

activities relevant to education, health

promotion, disease prevention, and

family and youth violence prevention,

with the ultimate goal of improving the

health status of minorities and

disadvantaged people.

The OMH will provide technical

assistance and oversight as necessary for

the implementation, conduct, and

assessment of the project activities. On

an as-needed basis, OMH will assist in

arranging consultation from other

government agencies and nongovernment agencies.

Authority

This cooperative agreement is

authorized under Section 1707(e)(1) of

the Public Health Service Act, as

amended.

Background

Assistance will continue to be

provided to the Alliance. During the last

five years, the Alliance has successfully

demonstrated the ability to work with

health agencies on mutual education,

service, and research endeavors. The

Alliance is uniquely qualified to

continue to accomplish the purposes of

this cooperative agreement because it

has the following combination of

factors:

• It has developed, expanded, and

managed an infrastructure to coordinate

and implement various medical

intervention programs within local

communities and physician groups that

deal extensively with Hispanic health

issues. The Alliance has also established

several oversight committees that

provide a foundation upon which to

develop, promote, and manage health

intervention, education, and training

programs which are aimed at preventing

and reducing unnecessary morbidity

and mortality among most minority

population.

• It has established itself and its

members as an organization with

professionals who serve as leaders and

experts in planning, developing,

implementing, and evaluating health

education, prevention, and promotion

programs aimed at reducing excessive

mortality and adverse health behaviors

among Hispanic communities.

• It has developed databases and

directories of health services, health

care accessibility issues, and

professional development initiatives

that deal exclusively with Hispanic

populations that are necessary for any

intervention dealing with this minority

population.

• It has assessed and evaluated the

current education, research, and disease

prevention and health promotion

activities for its members, affiliated

groups, and represented subpopulations.

• It has developed a coalition whose

members are all predominately minority

health care professionals and providers

with excellent professional performance

records.

• It has developed a base of critical

knowledge, skills, and abilities related

to serving Hispanic clients with a range

of health and social problems. Through

the collective efforts of its members, its

affiliated community-based

organizations, sponsored research, and

sponsored health education and

prevention programs, the Alliance has

demonstrated (1) the ability to work

with academic institutions and health

agencies on mutual education, service,

and research endeavors relating to the

goal of disease prevention and health

promotion of minorities and

disadvantaged peoples, (2) the

leadership necessary to attract minority

students into public health careers, and

(3) the leadership needed to assist

health care professionals to work more

effectively with Hispanic clients and

communities, as well as other minority

populations.

This cooperative agreement will be

continued for an additional five-year

project period with 12-month budget

periods. Depending upon the types of

projects and availability of funds, it is

anticipated that this cooperative

agreement will receive approximately

$100,000 per year. Continuation awards

within the project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress and

the availability of funds.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

cooperative agreement, contact Ms.

Cynthia Amis, Office of Minority

Health, 5515 Security Lane, Suite 1000,

Rockville, Maryland 20852 or telephone

(301) 594–0769.

OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number for this cooperative

agreement is 93.004.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Nathan Stinson, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority

Health.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Healthy People 2010

AGENCY: DHHS/OS/Office of Public

Health and Science, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion

(ODPHP).

ACTION: Notice of change in program

announcements of the Department of

Health and Human Services to reflect

the advent of Healthy People 2010, the

national health goals/targets for the first

decade of the 21st century.

SUMMARY: Certain program

announcements by the Department of

Health and Human Services have

included references to the principles

and objectives of Healthy People 2000,

the national health promotion and

disease prevention initiative in effect

during the decade of the 1990’s. With

the conclusion of that initiative at the

turn of the century, the successor

initiative, Healthy People 2010,

supplants Healthy People 2000 in all

such references.

DATES: This change is effective as of

January 25, 2000, the date of public

release of Healthy People 2010, except

that it does not affect program

announcements concerning grants,

cooperative agreements, or contracts

already in force from years prior to 2000

or currently in effect in fiscal year 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Room 738–G Hubert H.

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Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20201,

(202) 401–6295.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

In 1979, the Department of Health and

Human Services began an initiative to

use health promotion and disease

prevention objectives to improve the

health of people living in the United

States. The first set of national health

targets was published that year in

Healthy People: the Surgeon General’s

Report on Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention, which included five goals to

be achieved by 1990 to reduced

mortality among four different age

groups and increase independence

among older adults. The goals were

supported by objectives that were

released in 1980, also with 1990 targets.

This national health agenda has since

been reformulated in each succeeding

decade. Healthy People 2000, the

second national prevention initiative,

reflected the progress and experience of

ten years, as well as an expanded

science base and surveillance system.

With the collaboration of an extensive

network of voluntary and professional

organizations, businesses, and

individuals, the framework of Healthy

People 2000 was designed with three

broad goals—increasing the span of

healthy life, reducing health disparities,

and achieving access to clinical

preventive services. To help meet those

goals, over 300 objectives with targets,

organized into 22 priority areas, aimed

to achieve improvements in health

status, risk reduction, and service

delivery. The most recent data available

show that about 60 percent of the

objectives had either met their target or

were progressing toward the target.

The challenges and successes of the

Healthy People 2000 initiative have

served as the starting points for Healthy

People 2010. While its framework is

based on the initiatives of the previous

two decades, Healthy People 2010

differs from previous efforts. The

initiative has grown to 28 focus areas

and 467 objectives. The two overarching

goals are: (1) Increase quality and years

of healthy life; and (2) eliminate health

disparities. Healthy People 2010

acknowledges that the many national

advances in health have not been

enjoyed equally by all demographic

groups in the United States. It calls for

the elimination of these disparities over

the next ten years.

Citation in Announcements

References to the national health

promotion initiative appear in

numerous program announcements of

the Department of Health and Human

Services. Examples of such citations,

updated to reflect the transition to

Healthy People 2010, include but are

not limited to the following (superseded

text in brackets):

‘‘The (Agency name) is committed to

achieving the health promotion and

disease prevention objectives of Healthy

People 2010 [2000], a national activity

to reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the Healthy

People 2010 [2000] focus [priority]

area(s) (one or more of 28 areas). . . .’’

‘‘The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. (Listed sequentially from AR–

1 et seq. if applicable) AR–11 Healthy

People 2010 [2000]’’

‘‘Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of the Healthy People 2010 [2000]

objectives from/by * * * (with ordering

instructions as provided in the

following paragraph).’’

Availability of Documents

Volumes I and II of Healthy People

2010: Conference Edition (B0074) are for

sale at $22 per set by the ODPHP

Communication Support Center, P.O.

Box 37366, Washington, D.C. 20013–

7366. Each of the 28 chapters of Healthy

People 2010 is priced at $2 per copy.

Telephone orders can be placed to the

Center on (301) 468–5690. The Center

also sells the complete Conference

edition in CD–ROM format (B0071) for

$5.

This publication is available as well

on the Internet at www.health.gov/

healthypeople. Web site viewers should

proceed to ‘‘Publications’’.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

David Satcher,

Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon

General.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services announces

the following advisory committee

meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS), Joint Meeting,

Subcommittee on Standards and Security,

and Workgroup on Computer-based Patient

Records.

Time and Date: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 1,

2000; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., June 2, 2000.

Place: Room 505A, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20201.

Status: Open.

Purpose: The Subcommittee and Working

Group will discuss its report to the HHS

Secretary on standards for patient medical

records information as required by the Health

Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

of 1996 (HIPAA). The Subcommittee will

finalize the report and approve it for

transmission to the full NCVHS. The

Subcommittee will also discuss plans for

upcoming hearings.

Notice: In the interest of security, the

Department has instituted stringent

procedures for entrance to the Hubert H.

Humphrey building by non-government

employees. Thus, persons without a

government identification card will need to

have the guard call for an escort to the

meeting.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive program information as well as

summaries of meetings and a roster of

committee members may be obtained from J.

Michael Fitzmaurice, Ph.D., Senior Science

Advisor for Information Technology, Agency

for Health Care Research and Quality, 2101

East Jefferson Street #600, Rockville, MD

20852, phone: (301) 594–3938; or Marjorie S.

Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS,

National Center for Health Statistics, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention, Room

1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest

Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782,

telephone (301) 458–4245. Information also

is available on the HCVHS home page of the

HHS website: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/

where an agenda for the meeting will be

posted when available.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 00088]

Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention for Rhode Island Senior

Citizens; Notice of Availability of

Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000

funds for a grant program entitled

‘‘Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention for Rhode Island Senior

Citizens’’. CDC is committed to

achieving the health promotion and

disease prevention objectives of