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Committee name Dates of meetings

NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Advisory Committee on Special Studies Relating to the Possible Long-Term

Health Effects of Phenoxy Herbicides and Contaminants (Ranch Hand Advisory Committee).

February 13–14

Science Board to the National Center for Toxicological Research ................... May 9

Dated: March 2, 1995.

Linda A. Suydam,

Interim Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

[FR Doc. 95–5824 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

Health Resources and Services

Administration Advisory Council;

Meeting

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory bodies scheduled to meet

during the month of April 1995:

Name: Advisory Committee on Infant

Mortality.

Date & Time: April 6–7, 1995, 9:00 a.m.

Place: Embassy Row Hotel, 2015

Massachusetts Ave., NW., Washington, DC

20037.

The meeting is open to the public.

Purpose: The Committee provides advice

and recommendations to the Secretary on the

following: Department programs which are

directed at reducing infant mortality and

improving the health status of pregnant

women and infants; how best to coordinate

the variety of 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 initiative

and infant mortality objectives from Healthy

People: 2000: National Health Promotion and

Disease Prevention Objectives.

Agenda: Topics that will be discussed

include: Presentation on Quality Assurance

in Managed Care and Medicaid Waiver

Programs; updates on the Healthy Start

Program; Welfare Reform; Prenatal Care

Issues; and swearing in of new Committee

members.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the Committee should contact Dr. Peter van

Dyck, Executive Secretary, Advisory

Committee on Infant Mortality, Health

Resources and Services Administration,

Room 18–44, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

Telephone (301) 443–2204.

Persons interested in attending any portion

of the meeting should contact Ms. Kerry P.

Nesseler, Maternal and Child Health Bureau,

Health Resources and Services

Administration, Telephone (301) 443–2204.

Name: National Commission on Allied

Health.

Date & Time: April 17–18, 1995, 8:00 a.m.

Place: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia

22202, (703) 920–3230.

The meeting is open to the public.

Purpose: The National Commission on

Allied Health shall: (1) make

recommendations to the Secretary of Health

and Human Services, the Committee on

Labor and Human Resources of the Senate,

and the Committee on Energy and Commerce

of the House of Representatives, with respect

to: (A) The supply and distribution of allied

health personnel throughout the United

States; (B) current and future shortages or

excesses of allied health personnel,

particularly in medically underserved and

rural communities; (C) priority research

needs within the allied health professions;

(D) appropriate Federal policies relating to

the matters described in subparagraphs (A)

through (C), including policies concerning

changes in the financing of undergraduate

and graduate allied health programs, changes

in the types of allied health education, and

the appropriate Federal role in the

development of a research base in the allied

health professions; (E) appropriate efforts to

be carried out by health care facilities,

schools and programs of allied health, and

professional associations with respect to the

matter referred to in subparagraph (A),

including efforts for changes in

undergraduate and graduate allied health

education programs, and private support for

research initiatives; (F) deficiencies and

needs for improvements in existing data

bases concerning the supply and distribution

of training programs for allied health in the

United States and steps that should be taken

to eliminate such deficiencies; and (G)

problems, and recommendations for the

resolution of such problems, relating to the

roles and functions of professionals within

the allied health fields and other fields such

as medicine and dentistry; and (2) encourage

entities providing allied health education to

conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the

recommendations of the Commission.

Agenda: The agenda includes review by

the Commission members of the Final Report

incorporating materials from the four

Committees (education, data, research, and

workforce) and white papers; presentation of

cross-cutting issues and final

recommendation; discussion of issues and

recommendations with professional

associations, educators, licensing boards,

third-party payers, consumer groups, and

others.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the Committee should contact Mr. Neil H.

Sampson, Executive Secretary, National

Commission on Allied Health, Bureau of

Health Professions, Health Resources and

Services Administration, room 8–101,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301)

443–6853.

Name: National Advisory Council on

Migrant Health.

Date and Time: April 22–23, 1995—8:00

a.m.

Place: Doubletree Hotel, 201 Marquette,

NW., Albuquerque, NM 87102, 505/247–

3344.

The meeting is open to the public.

Purpose: The Council is charged with

advising, consulting with, and making

recommendations to the Secretary and the

Administrator, Health Resources and

Services Administration, concerning the

organization, operation, selection, and

funding of Migrant Health Centers and other

entities under grants and contracts under

section 329 of the Public Health Service Act.

Agenda: The agenda includes a overview

of Council general business activities and

priorities. In addition, the Council will

review and discuss the 1995/96 National

Advisory Council on Migrant Health

Recommendations.

The Council meeting is being held in

conjunction with the National Association of

Community Health Centers, Annual Migrant

Health Conference, April 24–27, 1995.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the subject Council should contact Susan

Hagler, Migrant Health Program, Staff

Support to the National Advisory Council on

Migrant Health, Bureau of Primary Care,

Health Resources and Services

Administration, 4350 East West Highway,

Room 7A6–1, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

Telephone (301) 594–4302.

Name: National Advisory Council on

Nurse Education and Practice.

Date and Time: April 27, 1995—8:30 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m.

Place: Woodmont Room, Crown Plaza

Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland 20852.

Date and Time: April 28, 1995—8:30 a.m.

to 3:00 p.m.

Place: Conference Room E, 3rd Floor, B

Wing, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857.

The meeting is open to the Public 8:30

a.m.–5:00 p.m., April 27 and on April 28

from 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. and from 1:00 p.m.

for the remainder of the meeting.

Closed April 28, 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Purpose: The Council advises the Secretary

and Administrator, Health Resources and

Services Administration, concerning general

regulations and policy matters arising in the

administration of the Nursing Education and

Practice Improvement Amendments of 1992

(P.L. 102–148). The Council also performs

final review of selected grant applications for

Federal Assistance, and makes

recommendations to the Administrator,

HRSA.

Agenda: Agenda items for the meeting will

cover announcements, considerations of

minutes of the previous meeting, the reports

of the Administrator, Health Resources and
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Services Administration, the Director, Bureau

of Health Professions, the Director, Division

of Nursing, and staff reports. The council will

also meet in breakout groups to discuss

current issues related to nurse education and

practice.

The meeting will be closed to the public

on April 28, 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for

review of grant applications for Nursing

Education Opportunities for Individuals from

Disadvantaged Backgrounds. The closing is

in accordance with the provisions set forth in

section 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the

Determination by the Associate

Administrator for Policy Coordination,

Health Resources and Services

Administration, pursuant to Public Law 92–

463.

Anyone wishing to obtain a roster of

members, minutes of meetings, or other

relevant information should write or contact

R. Margaret Truax, Executive Secretary,

National Advisory Council on Nurse

Education and Practice, Parklawn Building,

Room 9–35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443–5786.

Agenda Items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Jackie E. Baum,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

HRSA.

[FR Doc. 95–5693 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

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Social Security Administration

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of New

Routine Use

AGENCY: Social Security Administration

(SSA), Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: New Routine Use.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and

(11)), we are issuing public notice of our

intent to establish a new routine use

applicable to the system of records

entitled Master Files of Social Security

Number (SSN) Holders and SSN

Applications, HHS/SSA/OSR, 09–60–

0058. Under agreement with

participating States, the proposed

routine use will allow SSA to disclose

Social Security numbers assigned to

newborn children to the State in which

the births are registered.

We invite public comment on this

publication.

DATES: We filed a report of a new

routine use with the Chairman,

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight of the House of

Representatives, the Chairman,

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, and the Administrator,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget on February 28, 1995. The

routine use will become effective as

proposed, without further notice, on

April 18, 1995, unless we receive

comments on or before that date which

would warrant preventing the routine

use from taking effect.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

comment on this publication by writing

to the SSA Privacy Officer, Social

Security Administration, Room 3–A–6

Operations Building, 6401 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235.

(FAX number: 410/966–0869). All

comments received will be available for

public inspection at that address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas E. Price, Social Insurance

Specialist, Confidentiality and

Disclosure Branch, Office of Disclosure

Policy, Social Security Administration,

3–A–6 Operations Building, 6401

Security Boulevard, Baltimore,

Maryland 21235, telephone 410–965–

6011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion of Proposed Routine Use

More than four million children are

born each year in the United States. The

Social Security Administration (SSA)

has encouraged application for, and

assignment of, Social Security account

numbers (SSN) to children at birth since

1989. To that end, SSA’s Enumeration at

Birth (EAB) program allows parents of

newborn infants in most States to

request an SSN as part of the State’s

birth registration process. When the

EAB program is not used, parents can

apply for a child’s SSN for income tax

purposes at a local SSA field office.

State bureaus of vital statistics (BVS)

accumulate the birth registration

information received from hospitals and

periodically send SSA an electronic file

with the data needed to assign SSNs to

the individuals in the file. SSA

processes the file, assigns the SSNs, and

sends an SSN card for each newborn to

the child’s parents.

Under the EAB program, SSA does

not send the child’s SSN to the State

BVS unless the parents have agreed.

Seven States now ask for parental

consent to allow the child’s SSN to

become part of the birth record.

The proposed routine use would

permit SSA to send the SSNs of

newborns, and as a one time disclosure,

the SSNs of children born since

December 31, 1990, to the State BVS in

which a birth is recorded without

having to secure parental consent. The

SSN would become part of the

confidential portion of the birth record.

Parents would also be given the option

of requesting that their child’s SSN not

be included in the birth record.

States could use these SSNs as the

primary identifying numbers in

administering public health and income

maintenance programs and in statistical

research and evaluation projects. Public

health program uses of the SSNs would

include, but are not limited to,

establishing public immunization

registries, ensuring complete birth

record registration by matching vital

records with neonatal test results,

conducting studies of factors

contributing to infant mortality by

linking birth and death records, and

evaluating the efficacy of intervention

programs such as the Women, Infants

and Children (WIC) nutrition program,

‘‘Healthy Start’’ or other health

maintenance programs. Income

maintenance program purposes for

which the States could use the SSNs

include verifying the identity of

applicants for services to families and

children.

In all research and statistical studies

involving record linkages with other

data bases, the SSNs provided under

this routine use would serve as the

primary matching key, but would not be

released for public use. Once the

records are linked and a data set

created, the personal identifying

information (including SSNs) is usually

removed. The resulting data set is used

for aggregate analysis. Personal

identifiers are retained in the data set

only when they are determined to be

necessary to the outcome of the study by

an Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Internal IRBs review all proposals for

health research on human subjects in

institutions conducting such research.

IRBs also examine proposed protocols of

investigations to determine if any

unwarranted harm to individuals would

result from the use of identifying data.

One benefit of the proposed new

routine use is the potential value of the

SSN to statewide Childhood

Immunization Registries. Ensuring that

all children complete the recommended

series of immunizations (14 to 15 doses

of vaccines by the second birthday) is

the main goal of immunization

programs. Although approximately 95%

of all children in the United States begin

the recommended series of

immunizations, only about half

complete the series by two years of age,

a critical period for childhood disease

prevention.

Statewide immunization information

systems are a partial response to the

problem of incomplete immunizations.

Evaluating the immunization status of

individuals is difficult because roughly

40% of children receive their

immunizations from two or more

providers and many parents do not