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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 173 / Thursday, September 7, 2006 / Notices 52797 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, this notice announces a meeting of 

the Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group (Working Group) mandated by 

section 1014 of the Medicare 

Modernization Act. 

DATES: A business meeting of the 

Working Group will be held on 

Wednesday September 13, 2006 and 

Thursday September 14, 2006. On 

September 13, the session will begin at 

8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. On 

September 14, the session will begin at 

8:30 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the conference room of the United 

Food and Commercial Workers 

International Union. The office is 

located at 1775 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. The main 

receptionist area is located on the 7th 

floor; the conference room is coated on 

the 11th floor. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Taplin, Citizens’ Health Care 

Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or 

caroline.taplin@ahrq.hhs.gov. If sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact Mr. 

Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Program, Program Support Center, on 

(301) 443–1144. 

The agenda for this Working Group 

meeting will be available on the 

Citizens’ Working Group Web site, 

http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also 

available at that site is a roster of 

Working Group members. When a 

summary of this meeting is completed, 

it will also be available on the Web site. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1014 of Pub. L. 108–173, (known as the 

Medicare Modernization Act) directs the 

Secretary of the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS), acting 

through the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality, to establish a 

Citizens’ Health Care Working Group 

(Working Group). This statutory 

provision, codified at 42 U.S.C. 299 n., 

directs the Working Group to: (1) 

identify options for changing our health 

care system so that every American has 

the ability to obtain quality, affordable 

health care coverage; (2) provide for a 

nationwide public debate about 

improving the health care system; and, 

(3) submit its recommendations to the 

President and the Congress. 

The Citizens’ Health Care Working 

Group is composed of 15 members: the 

Secretary of HHS is designated as a 

member by statute. The Comptroller 

General of the U.S. Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) was 

directed to name the remaining 14 

members whose appointments were 

announced on February 28, 2005. 

Working Group Meeting Agenda 

The Working Group meeting on 

September 13 and September 14, will be 

devoted to ongoing Working Group 

business. The principal topic to be 

addressed will be completing work on 

the Working Group’s final 

recommendations and planning for their 

release later in September. Interim 

recommendations were posted on the 

Working Group’s Web site http:// 

www.citizenshealthcare.gov on June 2, 

2006. The comment period for the 

interim recommendations ended August 

31, 2006 and the target date for release 

of final recommendations is September 

26, 2006. 

Submission of Written Information 

To fulfill its charge described above, 

the Working Group has been conducting 

a public dialogue on health care in 

America through public meetings held 

across the country and through 

comments received on its Web site. The 

Working Group invites members of the 

public to the Web site to be part of that 

dialogue and encourages comments on 

the interim recommendations. 

Further, the Working Group will 

accept written submissions for 

consideration at the Working Group 

business meeting listed above. In 

general, individuals or organizations 

wishing to provide written information 

for consideration by the Citizens’ Health 

Care Working Group at this meeting 

should submit information 

electronically to 

citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. 

This notice is published less than 15 

days in advance of the meeting date due 

to logistical difficulties. 

Dated: August 30, 2006. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees at 

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Buffalo, 

NY, To Be Included in the Special 

Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice as 

required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a 

decision to evaluate a petition to 

designate a class of employees at the 

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Buffalo, 

New York, to be included in the Special 

Exposure Cohort under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. The 

initial proposed definition for the class 

being evaluated, subject to revision as 

warranted by the evaluation, is as 

follows: 

Facility: Bethlehem Steel Corporation. 

Location: 10 inch Bar Mill and 

blooming Mill. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: 

Millwrights, welders, electricians, 

bricklayers, carpenters, all maintenance, 

testers, rollers, supervisors, crane 

operators, hookers, clean-up crews, 

grinders. 

Period of Employment: 1949–1952. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia 

Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 

45226, Telephone 513–533–6800 (this is 

not a toll-free number). Information 

requests can also be submitted by e-mail 

to OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention. 

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