Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 50435 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

National Advisory Committee on Rural 

Health and Human Services 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Service 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal. 

SUMMARY: HHS is hereby giving notice 

that the charter for the National 

Advisory Committee on Rural Health 

and Human Services (NACRHHS) has 

been renewed. The effective date of the 

renewed charter is October 31, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Moore, Designate Federal Official, 

NACRHHS, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Room 17W41C, Rockville, Maryland 

20857, telephone (301) 443–0835, fax 

(301) 443–2803 or by email at pmoore2@

hrsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

NACRHHS provides advice to the 

Secretary concerning the provision and 

financing of health care and human 

services in rural areas. The current 

Committee was established under 

Section 222 of the Public Health Service 

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 217a. In 

accordance with Public Law 92–463, it 

was chartered on October 30, 1987, has 

been renewed at appropriate intervals, 

and will operate until October 31, 2019. 

The Committee will continue to operate 

in accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA). 

A copy of the NACRHHS charter is 

available on the NACRHHS Web site at 

https://www.hrsa.gov/ 

advisorycommittees/rural/. A copy of 

the charter is also available on the 

FACA database that is maintained by 

the Committee Management Secretariat 

under the General Services 

Administration. The Web site for the 

FACA database is http://

www.facadatabase.gov/. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of the Director, National 

Institutes of Health; Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the Office of AIDS Research 

Advisory Council. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public as indicated below, with 

attendance limited to space available. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

notify the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in section 

552b(c)(9)(B), Title 5 U.S.C., as 

amended, for the review of 

recommendations for the HHS 

Treatment and Prevention Guidelines 

for medical care of people living with 

HIV in the United States. 

Recommendations made from the 

working group to the OARAC will 

include drug names, treatment 

regimens, and prevention modalities to 

be used for the clinical care of PLWHA. 

The Council may revise the draft 

guidelines and change the content or 

scope of treatment and prevention for 

HIV/AIDS as recommended in the final 

guidelines. Premature disclosure of draft 

guidelines in an open meeting could 

negatively impact health and safety due 

to the premature disclosure of 

information to medical providers and 

the public. Draft guidelines could be 

misunderstood and confuse medical 

providers and the public as to what is 

the current HHS guidelines for the 

treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, 

could lead to premature changes in 

treatment regimens and prevention 

modalities that affect the health and 

safety of PLWHA and the public. 

Name of Committee: Office of AIDS 

Research Advisory Council. 

Date: November 16, 2017. 

Open: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

Agenda: OAR Director’s Report, updates 

from the DHHS HIV Treatment and 

Prevention Guidelines, OAR Task Force on 

Cost Sharing, and plans for the Clinical Trials 

Networks from the National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Room 

ID13, 5601 Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 

20892. 

Closed: 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To evaluate and review 

recommendations for the HHS Treatment and 

Prevention Guidelines. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Room 

ID13, 5601 Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 

20892. 

Open: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Agenda: Update from the National Heart, 

Lung, and Blood Institute on the merger of 

the MACS and WIHS, and updates on HIV/ 

AIDS Research Activities from the Eunice 

Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child 

Health and Human Development and the 

National Institute on Aging. 

Place: National Institutes of Health Room 

ID13, 5601 Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 

20892. 

Contact Person: Elizabeth S. Church, Ph.D., 

Executive Secretary , Office of AIDS 

Research, DPCPSI, Office of the Director, 

5601 Fishers Lane, Room 2E–60, Rockville, 

MD 20852–9830, 240–627–3201, 

elizabeth.church@nih.gov. 

Any interested person may file written 

comments with the committee by forwarding 

the statement to the Contact Person listed on 

this notice. The statement should include the 

name, address, telephone number and when 

applicable, the business or professional 

affiliation of the interested person. 

Information is also available on the 

Institute’s/Center’s home page: 

www.oar.nih.gov, where an agenda and any 

additional information for the meeting will 

be posted when available. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.14, Intramural Research 

Training Award; 93.22, Clinical Research 

Loan Repayment Program for Individuals 

from Disadvantaged Backgrounds; 93.232, 

Loan Repayment Program for Research 

Generally; 93.39, Academic Research 

Enhancement Award; 93.936, NIH Acquired 

Immunodeficiency Syndrome Research Loan 

Repayment Program; 93.187, Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program for Individuals from 

Disadvantaged Backgrounds, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 26, 2017. 

Natasha M. Copeland, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 


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