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Æ 1 member shall be from a labor 

organization representing health care 

workers; 

Æ 1 member shall have expertise in 

health information privacy and security; 

Æ 1 member shall have expertise in 

improving the health of vulnerable 

populations; 

Æ 1 member shall be from the 

research community; 

Æ 1 member shall represent health 

plans or other third-party payers; 

Æ 1 member shall represent 

information technology vendors; 

Æ 1 member shall represent 

purchasers or employers; and 

Æ 1 member shall have expertise in 

health care quality measurement and 

reporting. 

Non-federal members of the 

Committee shall be Special Government 

Employees, unless classified as 

representatives. 

III. Copies of the Charter 

To obtain a copy of the Committee’s 

charter, submit a written request to the 

above contact. 

Dated: April 23, 2009. 

David Blumenthal, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the National Coordinator for 

Health Information Technology 

ACTION: Notification of the 

Establishment of the HIT Standards 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

establishment of the HIT Standards 

Committee. The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. 

L. 111–5), section 13101, directs the 

establishment of the HIT Standards 

Committee. The HIT Standards 

Committee (also referred to as the 

‘‘Committee’’) is charged with making 

recommendations to the National 

Coordinator on standards, 

implementation specifications, and 

certification criteria for the electronic 

exchange and use of health information 

for purposes of adoption, consistent 

with the implementation of the Federal 

Health IT Strategic Plan, and in 

accordance with policies developed by 

the HIT Policy Committee. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith Sparrow, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, e-mail 

judy.sparrow@hhs.gov or 202–205– 

4528. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Committee and its staff are 

governed by the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, 

(5 U.S.C. App.), which sets forth 

standards for the formation and use of 

federal advisory committees. 

The Committee shall determine a 

schedule of meetings following an 

election of a Chairperson and a Vice 

Chairperson from among its members. 

An initial meeting of the Committee 

shall take place not later than 90 days 

from passage of the ARRA. 

II. Criteria for Members 

The HIT Standards Committee shall 

not exceed thirty (30) voting members, 

including a Chair and Vice Chair, and 

members are appointed by the Secretary 

with input from the National 

Coordinator. Membership of the 

Committee shall at least reflect 

providers, ancillary healthcare workers, 

consumers, purchasers, health plans, 

technology vendors, researchers, 

relevant Federal agencies, and 

individuals with technical expertise on 

health care quality, privacy and 

security, and on the electronic exchange 

and use of health information and shall 

represent a balance among various 

sectors of the health care system so that 

no single sector unduly influences the 

recommendations of the Committee. 

Non-Federal members of the 

Committee shall be Special Government 

Employees, unless classified as 

representatives. 

III. Copies of the Charter 

To obtain a copy of the Committee’s 

charter, submit a written request to the 

above contact. 

Dated: April 23, 2009. 

David Blumenthal, 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–9838 Filed 4–24–09; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP); 

Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; 

Meeting of the Scientific Advisory 

Committee on Alternative 

Toxicological Methods (SACATM) 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Meeting announcement and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of 

SACATM on June 25–26, 2009, at the 

Hilton Arlington Hotel, 950 North 

Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203. 

The meeting is open to the public with 

attendance limited only by the space 

available. SACATM advises the 

Interagency Coordinating Committee on 

the Validation of Alternative Methods 

(ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center 

for the Evaluation of Alternative 

Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and 

the Director of the NIEHS and NTP 

regarding statutorily mandated duties of 

ICCVAM and activities of NICEATM. 

DATES: The SACATM meeting will be 

held on June 25 and 26, 2009. The 

meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m. on June 25 and 8:30 a.m. until 

adjournment on June 26, 2009. All 

individuals who plan to attend are 

encouraged to register online at the NTP 

Web site (http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/ 

7441) by June 17, 2009. In order to 

facilitate planning, persons wishing to 

make an oral presentation are asked to 

notify Dr. Lori White, NTP Executive 

Secretary, via online registration, phone, 

or e-mail by June 17, 2009 (see 

ADDRESSES below). Written comments 

should also be received by June 17, 

2009, to enable review by SACATM and 

NIEHS/NTP staff before the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The SACATM meeting will 

be held at the Hilton Arlington Hotel, 

950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 

22203 [hotel: (703) 528–6000)]. Public 

comments and other correspondence 

should be directed to Dr. Lori White 

(NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and 

Review, NIEHS, P.O. Box 12233, MD 

K2–03, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27709; telephone: 919–541–9834 or email: whiteld@niehs.nih.gov). Courier 

address: NIEHS, 530 Davis Drive, Room 

2136, Durham, NC 27713. Persons 

needing interpreting services in order to 

attend should contact 301–402–8180 

(voice) or 301–435–1908 (TTY). 


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