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the HHS Data Council and the status of HHS

activities in implementing the administrative

simplification provisions of Pub. L. 104–191,

the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The

Committee also will discuss and take action

on its annual report to Congress on the

Implementation of HIPAA. In addition, the

Committee will discuss a draft of its

forthcoming report to HHS on standards for

patient medical record information. An

export panel will discuss summary measures

of population health, and IOM

representatives will brief the Committee on

the IOM medical errors report. Subcommittee

breakout sessions also are planned.

All topics are tentative and subject to

change. Prior to the meeting, please check the

NCVHS web site, where a detailed agenda

will be posted when available.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive information as summaries of

NCVHS meetings and a roster of committee

members may be obtained by visiting the

NCVHS website (http://ncvhs.hhs.gov) where

an agenda for the meeting will be posted

when available. Additional information may

be obtained by calling James Scanlon,

NCVHS Executive Staff Director, Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440–D. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201, telephone (202) 690–

7100, or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive

Secretary, NCVHS, NCHS, CDC, Room 1100,

Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road,

Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301)

458–4245.

Note: In the interest of security, the

Department has instituted stringent

procedures for entrance to the Hubert H.

Humphrey Building by non-government

employees. Thus, individuals without a

government identification card may need to

have the guard call for an escort to the

meeting room.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

National Vaccine Advisory Committee,

Subcommittee on Future Vaccines,

Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage, and Subcommittee on

Vaccine Safety and Communication

Meetings

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following Federal

advisory committee meetings.

Name: National Vaccine Advisory

Committee (NVAC).

Times and Dates: 9 a.m.–2:45 p.m.,

February 28, 2000.

8:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m., February 29, 2000.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 505A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

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 should plan

to arrive at the building each day either

between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.

and 1 p.m. Entrance to the meeting at other

times during the day cannot be assured.

Purpose: This committee advises and

makes recommendations to the Director of

the National Vaccine Program on matters

related to the Program responsibilities.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include: an update on the National Vaccine

Program Office (NVPO) activities; an update

on Unmet Needs Funding; an update on

Pandemic Planning; Global Plan of Action for

Laboratory Containment of Poliovirus; an

update on Polio Eradication; Global

Vaccines—White House Initiatives; Emerging

Issues in Vaccine Safety; Vaccine Safety and

Communication Subcommittee Report;

Immunization Coverage Subcommittee

Report; Future Vaccines Subcommittee

Report; update from the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon

General; Healthy People 2010-Update on

Vaccines; Annual Report on the Vaccine

Injury Compensation Program; ACIP Annual

Report; Budget Status on 317, CBER,

Pandemic Influenza and Vaccine Safety

Implementation Plan; and an update on

Immunization Registries.

Name: Subcommittee on Future Vaccines.

Time and Date: 2:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m.,

February 28, 2000.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 305A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee develops

policy options and guides national activities

that lead to accelerated development,

licensure, and the best use of new vaccines

in the simplest possible immunization

schedules.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include discussions on the Institute of

Medicine Report ‘‘Vaccines for the 21st

Century’’; CMV Workshop planning;

Vaccines for special populations; and

Vaccines for chronic diseases.

Name: Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage.

Time and Date: 2:45 p.m.–5 p.m., February

28, 2000.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 505A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee will identify

and propose solutions that provide a

multifaceted and holistic approach to

reducing barriers that result in low

immunization coverage for children.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include updates on the Working Group on

Adult Immunization Standards; the

implementation of NVAC’s recommendations

on Adult Immunization; the process for

Strategies to Sustain Success paper;

discussions of Philosophical Exemptions;

and discussions on Adolescent

Immunization.

Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety

and Communication.

Time and Date: 2:45 p.m.–5 p.m., February

28, 2000.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 325A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee reviews issues

relevant to vaccine safety and adverse

reactions to vaccines.

Matters to be Discussed: Plans for NVAC

Workshop on Risk Communication; Plans for

a Workshop on Surveillance for Rare Events;

update on Pediatric Standards of

Immunization; update on Rotavirus Vaccine.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Gloria Sagar,

Committee Management Specialist,

NVPO, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/

S D–66, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,

telephone 404/687–6672.

The Director, Management Analysis

and Services Office, has been delegated

the authority to sign Federal Register

notices pertaining to announcements of

meetings and other committee

management activities, for both the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Head Start Training and

Technical Assistance Assessment.

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: This data will be used to

assess the Head Start Training and

Technical Assistance (T/TA) delivery

system. Data collected will provide

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information on the quality of services

that Head Start Quality Improvement

Centers (QICs) provide to Head Start

grantees. Respondents will include QIC

staff, collaborative partners of QIC

organizations, and Head Start grantees.

Specifically, site visit interviews will be

conducted with QIC Directors and QIC

Area Specialists, while telephone

interviews will be conducted with QIC

Directors, Grantee Directors, and Partner

Agencies.

Training and technical assistance are

critical in supporting the continuous

improvement efforts of Head Start

grantee and delegate agencies serving

children birth to five and their families.

The report of the Advisory Committee

on Head Start Quality and Expansion in

December 1993 reaffirmed the

importance of T/TA and recommended

that the Head Start Bureau reassess and

design the T/TA system to support

program quality and expansion. The

Head Start Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

252) also emphasized the importance of

T/TA and stated that T/TA activities

must ensure that needs of local Head

Start agencies relating to improving

program quality and expansion are

addressed to the maximum extent

feasible. The Advisory Committee on

Services for Families with Infants and

Toddlers also stressed the need for

ongoing staff training and training

programs to ensure that staff are ‘‘crosstrained’’ in the areas of child

development, family development, and

community building.

The assessment is designed to gather

information for program management

and planning purposes about the kind

and quality of services provided by each

QIC. Information collected will be used

by the Bureau to: (1) Identify the quality

of approaches undertaken in each phase

of the strategic planning cycle; (2)

identify any patterns or changes over

time in the delivery of T/TA; and (3)

determine the feasibility of future

initiatives and funding decisions. The

data collected will provide a means for

the Head Start Bureau to carry out the

Federal role outlined in the Cooperative

Agreement establishing the QICs. These

data also may be used, in part, to fulfill

the Department’s requirement to report

to Congress on the Head Start program

under the Government Performance and

Results Act (GPRA).

Respondents: Head Start Partner

Agencies and Head Start Quality

Improvement Centers.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of

responses

per respondent

Average

burden

hours per

response

Total burden hours

QIC Director, Site Visit Interview ..................................................................................... 28 30 .1 84

QIC Area Specialist, Site Visit Interview ......................................................................... 116 19 .16 353

QIC Director, Telephone Interview .................................................................................. 28 8 .19 42

Head Start Partner, Agency Telephone Interview ........................................................... 112 11 .09 112

Grantee Director, Telephone Interview ........................................................................... 256 18 .11 512

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1103.

In compliance with the requirements

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Administration for Children and

Families is soliciting public comment

on the specific aspects of the

information collection described above.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information can be obtained and

comments may be forwarded by writing

to the Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Information Services,

Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447,

Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All

requests should be identified by the

Title of the information collection.

The Department specifically requests

comments on: (a) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: February 1, 2000.

Bob Sargis,

Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information Collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Provision of Services in

Interstate Child Support.

Enforcement: Standard Forms.

OMB No.: 0970–0085.

Description: Pub. L. 104–193, The

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act

(PRWORA) of 1996 amended 42 U.S.C.

666 to require State Child Support

Enforcement (CSE) programs to enact

the Uniform Interstate Family Support

Act (UIFSA) into State law by January

1, 1998. To ensure standardization

among the States, section 311(b) of

UIFSA requires the States to use

standard interstate forms, as mandated

by Federal law. 45 CFR 303.7 requires

CSE programs to transmit child support

case information on standard interstate

forms when referring cases to other

States for processing. The forms, which

promote uniformity and

standardization, and expiring and we

are taking this opportunity to make

minor revisions to them to, among other

things, reflect the UIFSA is now the law

for all 54 CSE programs.

Respondents: States.