[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 93 (Friday, May 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22940-22941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11441]


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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 sixty-second meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services
    Dates and Times: June 9, 2009, 9 a.m.--4:45 p.m.
    June 10, 2009, 8:45 a.m.--3 p.m.
    June 11, 2009, 8:45 a.m.--11 a.m.
    Place: Hampton Inn,
    1720 Rapp Street,
    Rapid City, South Dakota 57701,
    Phone: 605-348-1911.
    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: Tuesday 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 South 
Dakota by Dr. Sidney Goss, Professor of Demography, South Dakota 
School of Mines and Technology. The Committee will be formally 
welcomed by the South Dakota Office of Rural Health, Sandra Durick, 
Director. The Committee will hear presentations on the three chosen

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Subcommittee topics. The first panel will focus on Primary Care 
Workforce. The confirmed speakers are Dr. Bruce Vogt, Chair of 
Family Medicine, University of South Dakota; Dr. Charles Hart, CEO 
of Regional Health System; and Josie Peterson, South Dakota PCO 
Director. The second panel is Home-Based Care Options for Seniors. 
The confirmed speakers are Deb Bowman, Committee Member and 
Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Social Services; and 
Senator Jean Hunhoff, head of home care services at Yankton, South 
Dakota, and member of the task force on Meeting the Continuum of 
Care Needs of the Elderly in South Dakota. The final panel of the 
day is Health Care Provider Integration. The confirmed speakers are 
Tom Dean, MedPAC Member; Scot Graff, Community Healthcare 
Association of the Dakotas; and Matt Michaels, Health Care Attorney. 
After the panel discussions, the Committee Chair will give an 
overview of the site visits. The Tuesday meeting will close at 4:45 
p.m.
    Wednesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., the Committee will break into 
Subcommittees and depart to the site visits. The Primary Care 
Workforce Subcommittee will visit Phillip Health Services in Philip, 
South Dakota. The Home-Based Care Options for Seniors Subcommittee 
will visit Regional Health Hospice Center in Rapid City, South 
Dakota. The Health Care Provider Integration Subcommittee will visit 
Custer Regional Hospital in Custer, South Dakota. Transportation to 
the site visits will not be provided to the public. The 
Subcommittees will return to Rapid City, South Dakota at 3 p.m. The 
Wednesday meeting will close at 3 p.m.
    The final session will be convened on Thursday morning at 8:45 
a.m. The meeting will open with a review of the Subcommittee site 
visits. The staff of the Office of Rural Health Policy will provide 
an update on the Department of Health and Human Services. The 
Committee will draft a letter to the Secretary or Designee and 
discuss the September meeting.
    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: April 11, 2009.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E9-11441 Filed 5-14-09; 8:45 am]
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