[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 64526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9019]


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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 (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS).
    Time and Date: November 28, 2006, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. November 92, 
2006, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW., 
Room 505A, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: At this meeting the Committee will hear presentations and 
hold discussions on several health data policy topics. On the morning 
of the first day the Committee will hear updates and status reports 
from the Department on various topics including activities of the HHS 
Data Council, and updates on HIPAA implementation, clinical data 
standards, the E-Prescribing Final Rule, and Privacy Rule compliance. 
They will also work on letters to the HHS Secretary on the National 
Provider Identifier (NPI), and applications of the Consolidated Health 
Informatics Initiative (CHI) for disability information. In the 
afternoon the Committee will discuss the 8th report to Congress on 
HIPAA implementation and hear updates from Subcommittees. A briefing on 
secondary uses of health data by an industry group has also been 
scheduled.
    On the morning of the second day the Committee will continue 
working on the NPI and CHI letters. They will also be briefed on the 
status of the Health Information Security Privacy Collaboration, a 
project designed to asses how organizational business policies, 
practices, and State laws regarding privacy and security affect health 
information exchanging on a national level. There will be an update 
from the National Center for Health Statistic's Board of Scientific 
Counselors and a discussion on International Classifications and 
related activities. Subcommittees will then have the opportunity to 
provide additional updates on their work and a short discussion of 
future agendas and the meeting will adjourn.
    The times shown above are for the full Committee meeting. 
Subcommittee breakout sessions are scheduled for late in the afternoon 
of the first day and in the morning prior to the full Committee meeting 
on the second day. Agendas for these breakout sessions will be posted 
on the NCVHS Web site (URL below) when available.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee 
members may be obtained from Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive 
Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, 
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458-4245. Information also 
is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda will 
be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EE0 (4336) as soon 
as possible.

    Dated: October 25, 2006.
James Scanlon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OSDP), Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 06-9019 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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