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for public participation, and an open

public hearing may last for whatever

longer period the committee

chairperson determines will facilitate

the committee’s work.

Public hearings are subject to FDA’s

guideline (subpart C of 21 CFR part 10)

concerning the policy and procedures

for electronic media coverage of FDA’s

public administrative proceedings,

including hearings before public

advisory committees under 21 CFR part

14. Under 21 CFR 10.205,

representatives of the electronic media

may be permitted, subject to certain

limitations, to videotape, film, or

otherwise record FDA’s public

administrative proceedings, including

presentations by participants.

Meetings of advisory committees shall

be conducted, insofar as is practical, in

accordance with the agenda published

in this Federal Register notice. Changes

in the agenda will be announced at the

beginning of the open portion of a

meeting.

Any interested person who wishes to

be assured of the right to make an oral

presentation at the open public hearing

portion of a meeting shall inform the

contact person listed above, either orally

or in writing, prior to the meeting. Any

person attending the hearing who does

not in advance of the meeting request an

opportunity to speak will be allowed to

make an oral presentation at the

hearing’s conclusion, if time permits, at

the chairperson’s discretion.

The agenda, the questions to be

addressed by the committee, and a

current list of committee members will

be available at the meeting location on

the day of the meeting.

Transcripts of the open portion of the

meeting may be requested in writing

from the Freedom of Information Office

(HFI–35), Food and Drug

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, rm.

12A–16, Rockville, MD 20857,

approximately 15 working days after the

meeting, at a cost of 10 cents per page.

The transcript may be viewed at the

Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1–23,

Rockville, MD 20857, approximately 15

working days after the meeting, between

the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday. Summary minutes of

the open portion of the meeting may be

requested in writing from the Freedom

of Information Office (address above)

beginning approximately 90 days after

the meeting.

The Commissioner has determined for

the reasons stated that those portions of

the advisory committee meetings so

designated in this notice shall be closed.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. app. 2, 10(d)), permits

such closed advisory committee

meetings in certain circumstances.

Those portions of a meeting designated

as closed, however, shall be closed for

the shortest possible time, consistent

with the intent of the cited statutes.

The FACA, as amended, provides that

a portion of a meeting may be closed

where the matter for discussion involves

a trade secret; commercial or financial

information that is privileged or

confidential; information of a personal

nature, disclosure of which would be a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy; investigatory files

compiled for law enforcement purposes;

information the premature disclosure of

which would be likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of a proposed

agency action; and information in

certain other instances not generally

relevant to FDA matters.

Examples of portions of FDA advisory

committee meetings that ordinarily may

be closed, where necessary and in

accordance with FACA criteria, include

the review, discussion, and evaluation

of drafts of regulations or guidelines or

similar preexisting internal agency

documents, but only if their premature

disclosure is likely to significantly

frustrate implementation of proposed

agency action; review of trade secrets

and confidential commercial or

financial information submitted to the

agency; consideration of matters

involving investigatory files compiled

for law enforcement purposes; and

review of matters, such as personnel

records or individual patient records,

where disclosure would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

Examples of portions of FDA advisory

committee meetings that ordinarily shall

not be closed include the review,

discussion, and evaluation of general

preclinical and clinical test protocols

and procedures for a class of drugs or

devices; consideration of labeling

requirements for a class of marketed

drugs or devices; review of data and

information on specific investigational

or marketed drugs and devices that have

previously been made public;

presentation of any other data or

information that is not exempt from

public disclosure pursuant to the FACA,

as amended; and, deliberation to

formulate advice and recommendations

to the agency on matters that do not

independently justify closing.

This notice is issued under section

10(a)(1) and (2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app. 2), and

FDA’s regulations (21 CFR part 14) on

advisory committees.

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Michael A. Friedman,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

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Health Care Financing Administration

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS), Health Care

Financing Administration (HCFA).

ACTION: Notice of proposal to alter an

existing system of records by:

Expanding the purpose of the system,

changing the name of the system,

changing the name of the ‘‘Unique

Physician Identification Number

(UPIN)’’ to the ‘‘Unique Physician/

Practitioner Identification Number,’’

changing the structure of the UPIN,

adding tax identification numbers to the

data fields, and adding a new routine

use (number 10) to the system of records

for the release of data to Federal and

state agencies.

SUMMARY: HCFA is proposing to revise

the systems notice for the ‘‘Medicare

Physician Identification and Eligibility

System (MPIES), ’’ System No. 09–70–

0525. The following alterations will be

made to this system of records:

1. The purpose statement for the

system will be revised to better reflect

the system’s expanded function. The

new purpose of this system of records

will read as follows: ‘‘to maintain

unique identification of each physician,

practitioner, and medical group practice

requesting and/or receiving Medicare

reimbursement.’’

2. The name of the system will be

changed from the ‘‘Medicare Physician

Identification and Eligibility System

(MPIES),’’ to the ‘‘Unique Physician/

Practitioner Identification Number

(UPIN) System.’’

3. The name of the ‘‘Unique Physician

Identification Number (UPIN)’’ will be

changed to the ‘‘Unique Physician/

Practitioner Identification Number.’’

Despite this amendment, the acronym

UPIN will not be changed because

Federal and state agencies and private

and public insurance entities are

familiar with the use of this acronym.

4. The structure of the UPIN identifier

is being changed from a 6-digit

identifier to a 10-digit identifier so as to

uniquely identify all physicians,

practitioners and medical group

practices, and to rectify current

problems with existing individualized

identification systems.

5. Tax identification numbers will be

collected and added to the data fields
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maintained on all physicians,

practitioners, and medical group

practices in this system.

6. HCFA is also proposing to add a

new routine use (number 10) to this

system notice for the release of data to

other Federal and state agencies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: HCFA filed a new

system report with the Chairman of the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight of the House of

Representatives, the Chairman of the

Committee on Governmental Affairs of

the Senate, and the Administrator,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) on May 1, 1996. To

ensure that all parties have adequate

time in which to comment, the revised

system of records, including routine

uses, will become effective 40 days from

the publication of this notice or from the

date it is submitted to OMB and the

Congress, whichever is later, unless

HCFA receives comments which require

alterations to this notice.

ADDRESS: Please address comments to:

Richard A. DeMeo, HCFA Privacy Act

Officer, Freedom of Information and

Privacy Office, Associate Administrator

for External Affairs (AAEA), Health Care

Financing Administration, Room C2–

26–21, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850.

Comments received will be available for

examination at this location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerald Wright, Provider Enrollment

Unit, Office of Program Requirements,

Bureau of Program Operations, Health

Care Financing Administration, Room

S1–04–20, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, Maryland 21244–1850. His

telephone number is (410) 786–5798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1988,

HCFA established a new system of

records, under the authority of section

1842(r) of the Social Security Act Pub.

L. 101–508, 42 U.S.C. 1395u(r)), to

maintain a UPIN for each physician who

provides services for which payment is

made under Medicare. Notice of this

system, the ‘‘Medicare Physician

Identification and Eligibility System

(MPIES),’’ HHS/HCFA/BPO, no. 09–70–

0525, was most recently published on

June 10, 1989 in the Federal Register.

This system contains records of all

physicians, as defined by § 1861(r) of

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act,

who provide services for which

payment is made under Medicare.

At this time, HCFA is proposing to

expand the purpose of this system of

records: ‘‘to maintain unique

identification of each physician,

practitioner, and medical group practice

requesting and/or receiving Medicare

reimbursement.’’ Expanding the

purpose to include other health care

professionals and practitioners will

assist HCFA in identifying billers and in

determining the appropriate amount to

pay for Medicare services.

A practitioner includes, but is not

limited to, a physical therapist, certified

registered nurse anesthetist, certified

registered nurse midwife, physician

assistant, occupational therapist,

audiologist, family nurse practitioner,

anesthesia assistant, mammography

screening center, ambulance service

supplier, portable x-ray supplier,

independent physiological laboratory,

clinical social worker, psychologist,

nurse practitioner, certified clinical

nurse specialist or any other practitioner

as may be specified by the Secretary as

defined in Social Security Act sections

1861(r) and 1877(h)(4).

A medical group practice is defined as

a group of two or more physicians

legally organized as a partnership,

professional corporation, foundation,

not-for-profit corporation, faculty

practice plan, or similar association (A)

In which each physician who is a

member of the group provides

substantially the full range of services

which the physician routinely provides

(including medical care, consultation,

diagnosis, or treatment) through the

joint use of shared office space,

facilities, equipment, and personnel; (B)

for which substantially all of the

services of the physicians who are

members of the group are provided

through the group and are billed in the

name of the group and amounts so

received are treated as receipts of the

group; (C) in which overhead expenses

of, and the income from the practice are

distributed in accordance with methods

previously determined by members of

the group; and (D) which meets other

standards such as the Secretary may

impose by regulation to implement

section 1877(h)(4) of the Social Security

Act.

Section 1871(a)(1) of the Act provides

that the Secretary shall prescribe such

regulations as may be necessary to carry

out the administration of the insurance

program under this title (XVIII). Section

1833(d) of the Act prohibits making

payment under part B for services

which are payable under Part A. By

uniquely identifying Part B health

professionals, practitioners, and groups

we believe we will eliminate the

possibility of duplicate payments.

Medicare carriers currently identify

physicians, practitioners, and groups

using their own systems of assigned

numbers. These individualized systems

allow for Physician Identification

Numbers (PINs) ranging from four to 16

alphabetic and/or numeric characters.

Some carriers assign separate PINs to

the same physician providing medical

services in more than one locality, office

or practice, and lack the capability to

cross-reference the PINs and related

physician data (e.g., group affiliation).

Other carriers maintain a single PIN

or cross-referenced PINs for each

physician practicing within the carrier’s

geographic area of responsibility. Since

physicians, groups, and practitioners

can furnish medical services as well as

bill for these services from several

locations or states which are in different

carrier jurisdictions, the independent

providers who have been found to be

ineligible for Medicare payments in one

area, location or state could move to a

different location or state in order to

receive inappropriate or illegal

payment.

In order to rectify the problems

inherent in these individualized

identification systems, HCFA proposes

to expand the national registry of

physicians under Congressional

mandate, (section 1842(r) of the Social

Security Act, (42 U.S.C. 1395u(r))) so as

to identify physicians, practitioners and

medical group practices deemed eligible

for Medicare payments and to maintain

more comprehensive data on provider

credentials.

This initiative will also support the

Medicare Transaction System (MTS)

development effort. MTS is a single,

national, government owned, standard,

integrated claims processing system that

will perform automated claims

processing functions for Part A and Part

B Medicare claims. HCFA must,

therefore, build a national Medicare

database of provider information, to be

known as the MTS Provider File, in

order to support all MTS functions.

The MTS Provider File would retain

all provider information in a standard

format so as to facilitate Medicare

functions, both internal and external to

MTS.

The Medicare Provider Database

would uniquely identify and enumerate

all Medicare providers and would

provide summary information to

support MTS functions. In order to

develop that capability, HCFA is

proposing to expand the UPIN system to

provide identifying numbers for

physicians, practitioners and medical

group practices.

At this time, HCFA is also proposing

to change the name of this system to

better reflect the system’s expanded

purpose. We are proposing to change

the name of this system from the

‘‘Medicare Physician Identification and

Eligibility System (MPIES),’’ System No.

09–70–0525, to the ‘‘Unique Physician/
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Practitioner Identification Number

(UPIN) System.’’ This system will now

be referred to as the UPIN system.

HCFA is proposing to change the

name and structure of the unique

identifier from ‘‘Unique Physician

Identification Numbers (UPIN)’’ to

‘‘Unique Physician/Practitioner

Identification Numbers.’’ HCFA will

continue to use the acronym UPIN

because Federal and state agencies, as

well as private and public insurance

entities are familiar with its use.

The structure of the UPIN will be

changed from a 6-digit alphanumeric

identifier to a 10-digit alphanumeric

identifier. It will have a 6-digit base

(who) identifier along with a 4-digit

location (where) identifier.

These changes will enable HCFA to

determine the location where the

service was rendered and to decide

whether a physician, practitioner and

group practice whose services are billed

to the program, is entitled to Medicare

reimbursement. The 4-digit location

identifier for physicians and the 10-digit

UPINs assigned to practitioners and

medical groups will be used by

Medicare only for internal use—to link

locally assigned providers to a national

provider identifier.

Carriers will continue to use their

locally assigned provider numbers in

claims processing. Practitioners and

group practices will not need to use

their UPINs for claims reimbursement.

Physicians, suppliers, and laboratories

will continue to report the physicians’

base 6-digit identifier for ordering and

referring requirements.

The UPIN expansion will increase

system standardization, identify

providers across lines, facilitate

development of provider data to support

MTS, and permit HCFA to respond

timely to and Federal initiative to

implement standard, universal health

care provider identifiers.

Section 4164 (c) of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of

1990 requires HCFA to ‘‘publish a

directory of the unique physician

identification numbers (UPIN) of all

physicians providing services for which

payment may be made under Part B of

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act

and shall include in such directory the

names, provider numbers, and business

addresses of all listed physicians.’’ The

modification and expansion of the UPIN

System will enable HFCA to execute

regulations found at 42 Code of Federal

Regulations (CFR) 421.200 et seq., as

well as the provisions of section 6204(b)

of OBRA 1989 (section 1833(q) of the

Act) which help HCFA identify

utilization patterns that deviate from

professionally-established norms, both

in the performance of services and in

the referral of patients for other services

or ordering of other services or

suppliers. This requires laboratories and

durable medical equipment (DME)

suppliers, as well as consulting

physicians, to show on the Medicare

claim form the UPIN of the ordering or

referring physician.

HCFA will continue to publish an

annual hard copy directory of UPINs for

physicians which will assist in the

identification of an ordering or referring

physician. The directory will include

the names, credentials, state licensed in,

zip code, provider numbers, specialty,

and business addresses of all listed

physicians. HCFA will publish only the

6-digit base number in the directory at

this time. The UPINs of practitioners

and medical groups as well as the 4-

digit location identifiers will not be

published in the annual hard copy of

the UPIN directory because these

numbers will not be used for claims

processing, are temporary, transitional

internal-control numbers to assist HCFA

to transfer locally-assigned carrier

numbers to the MTS claims processing

system, will not fit on existing billing

forms, and may cause confusion as to

which numbers should be noted on the

claim form. The 10-digit UPINs of

physician, practitioners and medical

groups will be published annually in an

electronic version of the UPIN directory.

Enrollment information will be

obtained from data currently available

in carrier systems. The data will be

researched, verified, and complied by

carriers before submission to HCFA for

assignment of UPINs. Duplicate data for

two or more providers will be

investigated by the carrier to determine

if the identified providers are the same

or different individuals. Once assured

that no duplication exists, HCFA will

notify each carrier of the assigned

UPINs. The carriers will issue the UPINs

to physicians, practitioners, and group

practices.

HCFA is also proposing to add the

collection of tax identification numbers

to the data maintained on physicians,

practitioners, and medical group

practices in this system. Carriers will be

required to provide tax identification

numbers (e.g., social security or

employee identification number) for all

physicians, practitioners, and groups to

the UPIN system. Tax identification

numbers are needed to assure accurate

identification of carriers’ physician,

practitioner, and group records.

The tax identification number

provided by a carrier should be the one

reported to the Internal Revenue Service

and used in HCFA’s 1099 program.

Carriers are currently collecting this

information. Records will not be

retrieved by tax identification numbers.

Records are retrieved alphabetically by

an individual’s or group’s name or

UPIN. Any uses of social security

numbers in data identification, retrieval,

and analysis are in full compliance with

section 7 of the Privacy Act. Data

identification at the individual level is

necessary to link information collected

by HCFA to other data records in order

to further the operation and

effectiveness of the Medicare program.

Also at this time, HCFA is proposing

to add a new routine use (number 10)

to this systems notice for the release of

data to other Federal and state agencies.

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) permits

us to disclose information about an

individual without consent of the

individual for ‘‘routine uses,’’ that is,

disclosure is permitted for purposes that

are compatible with the purpose for

which we have collected the

information.

The new proposed routine use would

permit release of data to other Federal

and to state agencies. This routine use

has two purposes: First, disclosure

would be permitted to other Federal and

to state agencies to enhance the

accuracy of Medicare’s payment of

health benefits through improved

coordination of benefits and second,

disclosure would be permitted to enable

other Federal and state agencies to

fulfill their own Medicare-related

processing procedures.

HCFA has recently received a number

of requests from other Federal agencies,

e.g., the Department of Labor, Veterans

Affairs (Office of Civilian Health and

Medical Programs of the Uniformed

Services), and from state Medicaid

agencies, asking for help in coordinating

benefits and fulfilling their own

Medicare-related processing procedures.

To fulfill these requests requires the

release of data from the UPIN system. A

primary purpose of the Medicare

program, for which this system of

records was established, is to assure

high quality and effective health care to

Medicare beneficiaries. We believe that

this purpose can be better accomplished

through coordination of provider data

between and among other Federal and

state agencies. The proposed new

routine use in the revised system meets

the compatibility criteria, inasmuch as

the information is collected for

administering payments to providers in

accordance with Title XVIII of the

Social Security Act. We anticipate that

disclosure under the routine use will

not result in any unwarranted adverse

effects on personal privacy.

The routine use will be numbered (10)

and will read as follows:
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(10) To another Federal or a state

agency to: (1) Contribute to the accuracy

of HCFA’s proper payment of Medicare

health benefits, or (2) enable such

agency to administer a Federal or state

health benefits program, or as necessary

to enable such agency to fulfill a

requirement of a Federal or state statute

or regulation, if HCFA:

a. Determines that the use or

disclosure does not violate legal

limitations under which the data were

provided, collected, or obtained;

b. Determines that the purpose for

which the disclosure is be made cannot

reasonably be accomplished unless the

data are provided in individually

identifiable form;

c. Requires the recipient to:

(1) Establish reasonable

administrative, technical, and physical

safeguards to prevent unauthorized use

or disclosure of the record;

(2) Make no further use or disclosure

of the record except:

(a) In emergency circumstances

affecting the health or safety of any

individual;

(b) For use on another project under

the same conditions and with written

authorization from HCFA; and

(c) When required by law;

(d) Secures a written statement

attesting to the next recipient’s

understanding of, and willingness to

abide by the following provisions:

(1) Not to use the data for purposes

other than those for which the data were

disclosed;

(2) Not to publish or otherwise

disclose the data in a form raising

unacceptable possibilities that

individuals could be identified (i.e., the

data must not be individual-specific and

must be aggregated to a level where no

data cells have 10 or fewer individuals);

and

(3) Not to publish any aggregation of

the data without HCFA’s approval.

The proposed new routine use for the

MPIES (hereafter UPIN) system is

consistent with the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C.

552a(a)(7), since it is compatible with

the purpose for which the data were

collected. We are publishing the notice

in its entirety below for the convenience

of the reader.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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Health Resources and Services

Administration

Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting

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

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Public Law 92–463), announcement is

made of the following National

Advisory bodies scheduled to meet

during the month of June 1996.

Name: Advisory Commission on

Childhood Vaccines (ACCV).

Date and Time: June 6–7, 9:00 am–5:00

p.m.

Place: Parklawn Building, Conference

Rooms G & H, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda: The full Commission will meet on

Thursday, June 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

and Friday, June 7 from 9:00 am. to 12:00

noon. Agenda items will include, but not be

limited to: a report on the National Vaccine

Program; a report on the Advisory Committee

on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) Polio

Vaccine Policy; a report on the Acellular

Pertussis Vaccines Symposium; a report on

Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomeyelitis;

an update on the Centers of Disease Control

and Prevention and Food and Drug

Administration’s Vaccine Safety Activities;

report of the Vaccine Safety Subcommittee;

and routine Program reports.

Public comment will be permitted before

noon and/or at the end of the Commission

meeting, as time permits. Oral presentations

will be limited to 5 minutes per public

speaker.

Persons interested in providing an oral

presentation should submit a written request,

along with a copy of their presentation to Mr.

Jerry Anderson, Principal Staff Liaison,

Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation,

Bureau of Health Professions, Health

Resources and Services Administration,

Room 8A–35, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20852; Telephone (301) 443–6593.

Requests should contain the name,

address, telephone number, and any business

or professional affiliation of the person

desiring to make an oral presentation. Groups

having similar interests are requested to

combine their comments and present them

through a single representative. The

allocation of time may be adjusted to

accommodate the level of expressed interest.

The Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation

will notify each presenter by mail or

telephone of their assigned presentation time.

Persons who do not file an advance request

for presentation, but desire to make an oral

statement, may sign up in Conference Room

G and H before 10:00 on June 6–7. These

persons will be allocated time as time

permits.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the Commission should contact Mr.

Anderson, Division of Vaccine Injury

Compensation, Bureau of Health Professions,

Health Resources and Services

Administration, Room 8A–35, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852; Telephone

(301) 443–6593.

Name: National Advisory Committee on

Rural Health.

Date and Time: June 9–12, 1996; 3:00 p.m.

Place: Tamarron Hilton, 40290 U.S.

Highway 550 North, Durango, CO 81301

(970) 259–2000 FAX (970) 259–0745

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda: The meeting will begin on

Sunday, June 9, with a working session for

the Health Care Financing and Education and

Health Services Work Groups and a

legislative update. The plenary session will

begin at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 10, with

topics including a discussion of Employee

Retirement Income Security Act, Medicaid,

and the Colorado Rural Perspective. On

Tuesday, June 11, there will be a site visit to

Shiprock, NM, with transportation provided.

Individuals interested in participating in the

site visit should contact Arlene Granderson

at (301) 443–0613.

The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on

Wednesday, June 12. Adjournment is

anticipated by 12:30 p.m.

Anyone requiring information regarding

the subject Committee should contact Dena

S. Puskin, Executive Secretary, National

Advisory Committee on Rural Health, Health

Resources and Services Administration,

Room 9–05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone

(301) 443–0835, FAX (301) 443–2803.

Persons interested in attending any portion

of the meeting should contact Ms. Arlene

Granderson or Lisa Shelton, Office of Rural

Health Policy, Health Resources and Services

Administration, Telephone (301) 443–0835.

Name: Material and Child Health Research

Grants Review Committee.

Date and Time: June 12–14, 1996, 9:00 a.m.

Place: Conference Room ‘‘O’’, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857.

Open on June 12, 1996, 9:00 a.m.—10:00

a.m.

Closed for remainder of meeting

Agenda: The open portion of the meeting

will cover opening remarks by the Director,

Division of Science, Education and Analysis,

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, who will

report on program issues, congressional

activities and other topics of interest to the

field of maternal and child health. The

meeting will be closed to the public on June

12 at 10:00 a.m. for the remainder of the

meeting for the review of grant applications.

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 requiring information regarding

the subject Council should contact Gontran

Lamberty, Dr.P.H., Executive Secretary,

Maternal and Child Health Research Grants

Review Committee, Room 18A–55, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443–2190.

Agenda Items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Jackie E. Baum,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

HRSA.

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