[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45468-45469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17850]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services; 
Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the 
following committee will convene its fifty-ninth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times: September 24, 2008, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; September 
25, 2008, 8:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; September 26, 2008, 8:15 a.m.-10 a.m.
    Place: Madden's on Gull Lake, 11266 Pine Beach Peninsula, 
Brainerd, MN 56401, Phone: 800-642-5363.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and 
Human Services provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary 
with respect to the delivery, research, development and 
administration of health and human services in rural areas.
    Agenda: Wednesday morning, at 9 a.m., the meeting will be called 
to order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the Honorable David 
Beasley. The first presentation will be an overview of rural 
Minnesota. The Committee will hear presentations on the three chosen 
Subcommittee topics. The first panel will focus on Workforce and 
Community Development. Jay Fonkert, with the Minnesota Office of 
Rural Health and Primary Care, and Valerie DeFor, Director of the 
Healthcare Education Industry Partnership, are confirmed speakers. 
The second panel of speakers will lead a discussion on Serving At-
Risk Children with a representative from the Minnesota Early 
Childhood Comprehensive System. The final panel for the day is on 
the Medical Home Model, with Scott Leitz, Assistant

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Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health, as a confirmed 
speaker. After the panel discussions, the Committee Chair will give 
an overview of the site visits. The Wednesday meeting will close at 
4:30 p.m.
    Tuesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., the Committee will break into 
Subcommittees and depart to the site visits. The Workforce and 
Community Development Subcommittee will learn about the Bridges to 
Excellence Program and a cross-training program for paramedics in 
Crosby, Minnesota. The Serving At-Risk Children Subcommittee will 
learn about child welfare, family support and prevention initiatives 
in rural Minnesota. The Medical Home Subcommittee will visit a 
medical home model at Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minnesota. 
Transportation to the site visits will not be provided to the 
public. At 4 p.m. the Subcommittees will arrive back at Madden's on 
Gull Lake for Subcommittee meetings. The Committee as a whole will 
reconvene at 4:45 p.m. There will be a review of the site visits and 
action items will be developed for the Committee members and staff. 
The meeting will be adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
    The final session will be convened on Friday morning, at 8:15 
a.m. Those available from the Committee will meet to discuss topic 
ideas for the next report. The Friday meeting will adjourn at 10 
a.m.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone requiring information 
regarding the Committee should contact Jennifer Chang, MPH, 
Executive Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and 
Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Parklawn Building, Room 9A-55, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 
20857, Telephone (301) 443-0835, Fax (301) 443-2803.
    Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting 
should contact Michele Pray-Gibson, Office of Rural Health Policy 
(ORHP), Telephone: (301) 443-0835. The Committee meeting agenda will 
be posted on ORHP(s Web site: http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.

    Dated: July 29, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-17850 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am]
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