[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1686-1687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-535]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Health Resources and Services Administration Advisory Committee; 
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 body scheduled to meet during the month of 
January 2001.
    Name: Advisory Committee on Interdisciplinary, Community-Based 
Linkages
    Date and Time: January 11, 2001; 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; January 12, 
2001; 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
    Place: The Doubletree Hotel Park Terrace on Embassy Row, 1515 Rhode 
Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    The full Committee will meet beginning January 11, 2001, and 
adjourn on January 12, 2001, during the hours cited above. Agenda items 
will include, but not be limited to: Welcome; plenary discussion of 
Interdisciplinary Education; presentations by speakers representing: 
the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions; the Association of

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Academic Health Centers; the National Institute for Healthcare 
Improvement; Committee members, the Division of Interdisciplinary and 
Community-Based Programs (DICP), and Bureau of Health Professions 
(BHPr) staff supporting Committee activities; presentation of 
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Case Studies; and Defining Standards 
for the Committee Report due to the Secretary and the Congress in 
November 2001.
    Meeting content will be based on the Committee's charge under 
Section 756 of the Public Health Service Act, to include discussion of 
Committee reports; scheduling of the next Committee meeting, which 
shall include but not be limited to: general discussion of topics to be 
addressed during the next Committee meeting.
    Public comment will be permitted before lunch and at the end of the 
Committee meeting on October 11, 2001. Oral presentations will be 
limited to 5 minutes per public speaker. Persons interested in 
providing an oral presentation should submit a written request, with a 
copy of their presentation to: Mr. Leo Wermers, Principal Staff 
Liaison, Division of Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Programs, 
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9-105, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857, Telephone (301) 443-7121.
    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 Division of Interdisciplinary and Community-Based 
Programs will notify each presenter by mail or telephone of their 
assigned presentation time.
    Persons who do not file an advance request for a presentation, but 
wish to make an oral statement may register to do so at the Doubletree 
Hotel Park Terrace on Embassy Row, Washington, DC on January 11, 2001. 
These persons will be allocated time as the Committee meeting agenda 
permits.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should contact 
Mr. Wermers, Division of Interdisciplinary and Community-Based 
Programs, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9-105, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 
20857, Telephone (301) 443-7121.
    Proposed agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

    Dated: January 3, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 01-535 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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