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[Federal Register: July 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 128)]
[Notices]               
[Page 38819]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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.

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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. Self-nominations 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]
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