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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106536-106537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31076]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Information Technology Advisory Committee Schedule of 
Meetings

AGENCY: Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) 
was established in accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act and the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act. The HITAC, among other things, 
identifies priorities for standards adoption and makes recommendations 
to the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/National Coordinator 
for Health Information Technology. The HITAC will hold public meetings 
throughout 2025. See list of public meetings below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth Pazinski, Designated Federal 
Officer, at [email protected], (202) 384-2246.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4003(e) of the 21st Century Cures 
Act (Pub. L. 114-255) establishes the Health Information Technology 
Advisory

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Committee (referred to as the ``HITAC''). The HITAC will be 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.
    Composition: The HITAC is comprised of at least 25 members, of 
which:
     No fewer than 2 members are advocates for patients or 
consumers of health information technology;
     3 members are appointed by the HHS Secretary
    [cir] 1 of whom shall be appointed to represent the Department of 
Health and Human Services; and
    [cir] 1 of whom shall be a public health official;
     2 members are appointed by the majority leader of the 
Senate;
     2 members are appointed by the minority leader of the 
Senate;
     2 members are appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives;
     2 members are appointed by the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives;
     Other members are appointed by the Comptroller General of 
the United States.
    Members serve for one-, two-, or three-year terms. All members may 
be reappointed for a subsequent three-year term. Each member is limited 
to two three-year terms, not to exceed six years of service. Members 
serve without pay but will be provided per-diem and travel costs for 
committee services, if warranted.
    Recommendations: The HITAC recommendations to the Assistant 
Secretary for Technology Policy/National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology are publicly available at https://www.healthit.gov/topic/federal-advisory-committees/recommendations-national-coordinator-health-it.
    Public Meetings: All HITAC meetings will be virtual. Please note 
that some HITAC meetings may also have an in-person meeting option. For 
web conference instructions and the most up-to-date information, 
including in-person meeting location (if applicable), please visit the 
HITAC calendar on the ONC website, www.healthit.gov/topic/federal-advisory-committees/hitac-calendar.
    The schedule of meetings to be held in 2025 is as follows:
     February 13, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
     March 20, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
     April 10, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
     May 8, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./
Eastern Time
     June 12, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./
Eastern Time
     July 17, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./
Eastern Time
     August 14, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
     September 18, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
     October 16, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
     November 13, 2025, from approximately 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m./Eastern Time
    All meetings are open to the public. Additional meetings may be 
scheduled as needed.
    Contact Person for Meetings: Seth Pazinski, [email protected]. 
A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that 
impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always 
be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Please email Seth 
Pazinski for the most current information about meetings.
    Agenda: As outlined in the 21st Century Cures Act, the HITAC will 
develop and submit recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for 
Technology Policy/National Coordinator on Health Information Technology 
on the topics of interoperability, privacy and security, patient access 
to information, use of technologies that support public health, design 
and use of technologies that advance health equity, and use of 
artificial intelligence that improves health and health care. In 
addition, the committee will also address any administrative matters 
and hear periodic reports from ASTP. ASTP intends to make background 
material available to the public no later than 24 hours prior to the 
meeting start time. If ASTP is unable to post the background material 
on its website prior to the meeting, the material will be made publicly 
available on ASTP's website after the meeting, at www.healthit.gov/hitac.
    Procedure: Interested persons may present data, information, or 
views, orally or in writing, on issues pending before the committee. 
Written submissions may be made to the contact person prior to the 
meeting date. An oral public comment period will be scheduled at each 
meeting. Time allotted for each commenter will be limited to three 
minutes. If the number of speakers requesting to comment is greater 
than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled public comment 
period, ASTP will take written comments after the meeting.
    ASTP welcomes the attendance of the public at its HITAC meetings. 
If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please 
contact Seth Pazinski at least seven (7) days in advance of the 
meeting.
    Notice of these meetings are given under the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
Stanley S. Pazinski,
Designated Federal Officer, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2024-31076 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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