[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05416]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:
    Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Dates and Times:

March 26, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
March 27, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

    Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.
    Status: The meeting is open to the public with attendance limited 
to space availability. For more details and registration, please visit 
the ACIM Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/mchbadvisory/InfantMortality/index.html.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: Department of 
Health and Human Services' programs that focus on reducing infant 
mortality and improving the health status of infants and pregnant 
women; and factors affecting the continuum of care with respect to 
maternal and child health care. The Committee focuses on outcomes 
following childbirth; strategies to coordinate myriad federal, state, 
local, and private programs and efforts that are designed to deal with 
the health and social problems impacting on infant mortality; and the 
implementation of the Healthy Start Program and Healthy People 2020 
infant mortality objectives.
    Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: HRSA 
Update; MCHB Update; Healthy Start Program Update; Updates from 
Partnering Agencies and Organizations; and, ACIM's recommendations for 
the HHS National Strategy to Address Infant Mortality, specifically 
Strategy 4: Increase Health Equity and Reduce Disparities by Targeting 
Social Determinants of Health through both Investments in High-Risk, 
Under-Resourced Communities and Major Initiatives to Address Poverty. 
Proposed agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Time will be provided for public comments limited to 5 minutes 
each. Comments are to be submitted in writing no later than 5:00 p.m. 
(EST) on March 19, 2015.

For Further Information Contact: Anyone requiring information regarding 
the Committee should contact Michael C. Lu, M.D., M.P.H., Executive 
Secretary, ACIM, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 18 
W, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
telephone: (301) 443-2170.
    Individuals who are submitting public comments or who have 
questions regarding the meeting and location should contact David S. de 
la Cruz, Ph.D., M.P.H., ACIM Designated Federal Official, HRSA, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, telephone: (301) 443-0543, or email: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86c2e7f0efe2a8e2e3eae7c5f4f3fcc6eef4f5e7a8eeeef5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b693849b96dc96979e93b1808788b29a808193dc9a9a81dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a>.

Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-05416 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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