Comments are due on August 30, 1996. The committee was formed to advise the FCC on the implementation of the universal service and advanced telecommunications services provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The committee is also charged with examining telecommunications rules and regulations that impede or enhance the development of health care applications involving telecommunications. Arent Fox was appointed as a member of the committee. D.C. The committee is scheduled to meet twice more before the end of its term in September, 1996.
All meetings are open to the public.
Telemedicine services are affected by the Act. The FCC is seeking recommendations on what services should be made available to rural health providers, how rural health providers should be defined, and how these services should be implemented.