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• September 22, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• October 28, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• November 24, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• December 16, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

For meeting locations, web conference 

information, and the most up-to-date 

information, please visit the calendar on 

the ONC Web site, http://

www.healthit.gov/FACAS/calendar. 

Contact Person: Michelle Consolazio, 

Office of the National Coordinator, HHS, 

355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20024, 781–710–0786, Fax: 202–690– 

6079, email: michelle.consolazio@

hhs.gov. Please email Michelle 

Consolazio for up-to-date information 

on these meetings. 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. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups and updates 

from ONC and other Federal agencies. 

ONC intends to make background 

material available to the public no later 

than 24 hours prior to the meeting start 

time. If ONC is unable to post the 

background material on its Web site 

prior to the meeting, it will be made 

publicly available at the location of the 

advisory committee meeting, and the 

background material will be posted on 

ONC’s Web site after the meeting, at 

http://www.healthit.gov/FACAS/healthit-standards-committee 

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. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled prior to the lunch break and 

at the conclusion of each meeting. Time 

allotted for each presentation will be 

limited to three minutes. If the number 

of speakers requesting to comment is 

greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public session, ONC will take 

written comments after the meeting. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

wireless access or access to electrical 

outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

special accommodations are required, 

please contact Michelle Consolazio at 

least seven (7) days in advance of the 

meeting. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: October 22, 2014. 

Michelle Consolazio, 

FACA Lead, Office of Policy, Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Information Technology Policy 

Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

This notice announces forthcoming 

meetings of a public advisory committee 

of the Office of the National Coordinator 

for Health Information Technology 

(ONC). These meetings will be open to 

the public. 

Name of Committee: Health IT Policy 

Committee. 

General Function of the Committee: 

To provide recommendations to the 

National Coordinator on a policy 

framework for the development and 

adoption of a nationwide health 

information technology infrastructure 

that permits the electronic exchange and 

use of health information as is 

consistent with the Federal Health IT 

Strategic Plan and that includes 

recommendations on the areas in which 

standards, implementation 

specifications, and certification criteria 

are needed. 

2015 Meeting Dates and Times: 

• January 13, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• February 10, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• March 10, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• April 7, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• May 12, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• June 9, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• July 14, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 

p.m./Eastern Time 

• August 11, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• September 9, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• October 14, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• November 17, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

• December 8, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 

3:00 p.m./Eastern Time 

For meeting locations, web conference 

information, and the most up-to-date 

information, please visit the calendar on 

the ONC Web site, http://

www.healthit.gov/FACAS/calendar. 

Contact Person: Michelle Consolazio, 

Office of the National Coordinator, HHS, 

355 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20024, 781–710–0786, Fax: 202–690– 

6079, email: michelle.consolazio@

hhs.gov. Please email Michelle 

Consolazio for up-to-date information 

on these meetings. 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. 

Agenda: The committee will hear 

reports from its workgroups and updates 

from ONC and other Federal agencies. 

ONC intends to make background 

material available to the public no later 

than 24 hours prior to the meeting start 

time. If ONC is unable to post the 

background material on its Web site 

prior to the meeting, it will be made 

publicly available at the location of the 

advisory committee meeting, and the 

background material will be posted on 

ONC’s Web site after the meeting, at 

http://www.healthit.gov/FACAS/healthit-policy-committee. 

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. Oral 

comments from the public will be 

scheduled prior to the lunch break and 

at the conclusion of each meeting. Time 

allotted for each presentation will be 

limited to three minutes. If the number 

of speakers requesting to comment is 

greater than can be reasonably 

accommodated during the scheduled 

open public session, ONC will take 

written comments after the meeting. 

Persons attending ONC’s advisory 

committee meetings are advised that the 

agency is not responsible for providing 

wireless access or access to electrical 

outlets. 

ONC welcomes the attendance of the 

public at its advisory committee 

meetings. Seating is limited at the 

location, and ONC will make every 

effort to accommodate persons with 

physical disabilities or special needs. If 

you require special accommodations 

due to a disability, please contact 

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Michelle Consolazio at least seven (7) 

days in advance of the meeting. 

ONC is committed to the orderly 

conduct of its advisory committee 

meetings. Please visit our Web site at 

http://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures 

on public conduct during advisory 

committee meetings. 

Notice of this meeting is given under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). 

Dated: October 22, 2014. 

Michelle Consolazio, 

FACA Lead, Office of Policy, Office of the 

National Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–15–15CT] 

Proposed Data Collections Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce public 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. To 

request more information on the below 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, call 404–639–7570 or send 

comments to Leroy A. Richardson, 1600 

Clifton Road, MS–D74, Atlanta, GA 

30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. Written comments should 

be received within 60 days of this 

notice. 

Proposed Project 

Sudden Death in the Young 

Registry—New—National Center for 

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 

Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

Every year, infants, children and 

youth die suddenly and unexpectedly 

from previously undiagnosed 

conditions. Little is known about the 

risk factors leading to SDY, although 

underlying genetic conditions 

contribute in some cases. For example, 

the risk of SDY is known to be higher 

for infants and children with heartrelated conditions or neurological 

conditions such as epilepsy. However, 

estimates of the annual incidence of 

Sudden Death in the Young (SDY) vary 

broadly due to differences in 

definitions, inconsistencies in 

classifying cause of death on death 

certificates, differing case ascertainment 

methodologies, and other factors. 

To address this gap in knowledge, the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), the National Heart, 

Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and 

the National Institute for Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) are 

collaborating with selected states and 

partner organizations to create the 

Sudden Death in the Young Registry 

(SDYr). The SDYr will establish the first 

uniform reporting system for SDY based 

on shared standards for reviewing and 

classifying deaths involving infants and 

children <19 years of age, and the 

systematic participation of individuals 

with expertise in key medical 

specialties. Up to 15 state health 

departments will receive funding from 

CDC to report standardized information 

to a central database for compilation 

and analysis. In addition, each awardee 

will establish an advanced clinical 

review team consisting of a forensic 

pathologist, neurologist, epileptologist, 

and pediatric cardiologist to supplement 

its existing Child Death Review (CDR) 

process. Specialized medical expertise 

is essential to the accurate 

determination of cause of death. 

The SDYr will build on ongoing 

collaborations involving state-based 

child death review teams, CDC, the 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), the 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA), and the 

National Center for the Review and 

Prevention of Child Deaths (NCRPCD) at 

the Michigan Public Health Institute 

(MPHI). The MPHI–NCRPCD is a nonprofit organization dedicated to 

preventing child deaths and serious 

injuries. The MPHI–NCRPCD provides 

technical assistance and training on 

death scene investigation, and 

prevention strategies, to partner 

organizations including state and local 

governments. The MPHI–NCRPCD also 

supports a Web-based National Child 

Death Review Case Reporting System 

that states can use on a voluntary basis 

to manage their state-specific CDR data. 

The system is currently used by 43 

states free of charge. Due to variability 

in case definitions and reporting 

procedures, the system does not 

produce national estimates, but serves 

as a vital repository of information to 

facilitate state-based surveillance and 

public health activities. 

Utilizing MPHI–NCRPCD Case 

Reporting System (CRS) infrastructure, 

MPHI and CDC have previously 

collaborated with nine states to 

strengthen case definition and 

surveillance for sudden unexpected 

infant death (SUID) involving infants < 

one year of age. The SDYr will build on 

this collaboration by increasing the 

number of participating states, 

systematically engaging key medical 

experts in the review of deaths of 

children <19 years of age, and requiring 

the collection and reporting of 

standardized data elements. States 

participating in the SDYr will report 

information through a special module 

called the NCRPCD–CRS–SDY Module. 

This information collection procedure 

was selected due to its familiarity to the 

majority of states, MPHI’s successful 

collaborations with multiple partners, 

and shared interest in developing and 

promulgating best practices for the 

identification, classification, and 

prevention of SDY. 

De-identified information collected 

through the SDYr will be used to 

generate estimates of the prevalence of 

SDY due to cardiac and neurologic 

conditions; to elucidate risk factors; and 

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