[Federal Register: April 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 80)]
[Notices]
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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 fifty-ninth meeting.
Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services.
Dates and Times: June 2, 2008, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. June 3, 2008,
8:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. June 4, 2008, 8:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Place: Siena Hotel, 1505 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC
27514. Phone: 919-929-4000.
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,
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development and administration of health and human services in rural
areas.
Agenda: Monday 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 North
Carolina. The Committee will hear presentations on the three chosen
Subcommittee topics. The first panel will focus on Workforce and
Community Development. Erin Fraher, MPH, with the Rural Health
Research and Policy Analysis Center, is a confirmed speaker. The
second panel of speakers will lead a discussion on At-Risk Children.
The final panel for the day is on the Medical Home Model. After the
panel discussions, the Committee Chair will give an overview of the
site visits. The Monday meeting will close at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., the Committee will break into
Subcommittees and depart to the site visits. The Workforce and
Community Development Subcommittee will depart to Raleigh, North
Carolina, to visit the Turning Point Allied Health Regional Skills
Partnership. The At-Risk Children Subcommittee will depart to Siler
City, North Carolina and take a ``ChildWatch'' Tour where they will
learn about the different services provided for children and the
status of children and families. After the tour, the Subcommittee
will arrive at the Chatham Family Resource Center. The Medical Home
Subcommittee will depart for Community Care of Eastern Carolina in
Greenville, North Carolina. Transportation to the site visits will
not be provided to the public. At 4:15 p.m. the Subcommittees will
arrive back at the Siena Hotel for Subcommittee meetings. The
Tuesday meeting will close at 5:15 p.m.
The final session will be convened Wednesday morning, at 8:15
a.m. The Committee will break into Subcommittee format and meet for
forty-five minutes. The Committee as a whole will reconvene at 9
a.m. There will be a review of the site visits and action items will
be developed for the Committee members and staff. The Committee will
draft the letter to the Secretary and discuss the September meeting.
The meeting will be adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
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 16, 2008.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. E8-9010 Filed 4-23-08; 8:45 am]
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