[Federal Register: April 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 70)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

 
Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and 
Dentistry; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care, Medicine 
and Dentistry (ACTPCMD).
    Date and Time: May 7, 2008, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
    Place: Hilton Washington, DC/Rockville Executive Meeting Center, 
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Advisory Committee provides advice and 
recommendations on a broad range of issues dealing with programs and 
activities authorized under section 747 of the Public Health Service 
Act as amended by The Health Professions Education Partnership Act 
of 1998, Public Law 105-392. At this meeting, the Advisory Committee 
will finish work on its seventh report on the topic of primary care 
providing a medical/dental home within the health care system and 
choose a topic for its eighth report. Reports are submitted to 
Congress and to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
    Agenda: The meeting on Wednesday, May 7, will begin with opening 
comments from the Chair of the Advisory Committee and introductory 
remarks from senior management of the Health Resources and Services 
Administration. In the plenary session, the Advisory Committee will 
review and revise various parts of the seventh report on primary 
care serving as a medical/dental home for individuals and 
communities. It will give final approval to the report 
recommendations. On Wednesday afternoon, the Committee will discuss 
various topics and select a topic for its eighth report. It will 
determine next steps in the report preparation process. An 
opportunity will be provided for public comment.
    Supplementary Information: The ACTPCMD will join the Council on 
Graduate Medical Education (COGME), the National Advisory Council on 
Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP), and the Advisory Committee on 
Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages (ACICBL) on May 8, 2008, 
for the first Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr) All Advisory 
Committee Meeting. Please refer to the Federal Register notice for 
the BHPr All Advisory Committee Meeting for additional details.
    For Further Information Contact: Anyone interested in obtaining 
a roster of members or other relevant information should write or 
contact Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., PhD, Division of Medicine and 
Dentistry, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 9A-27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6785. The Web 
address for information on the Advisory Committee is http://
bhpr.hrsa.gov/medicine-dentistry/actpcmd.

    Dated: April 3, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-7590 Filed 4-9-08; 8:45 am]

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