[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 66663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29899]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the
twenty-first meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting
will be held from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Thursday,
February 4, 2010, and from 8 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. on Friday,
February 5, 2010, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20008. The meeting will be open to the public with
attendance limited to space available. The meeting also will be Web
cast.
The main agenda items involve the review of a revised report on
gene patents and licensing practices, the review of a public
consultation draft report on genetics education and training, and an
information-gathering session on the mechanisms and policies related to
genomic data sharing. Other agenda items include a preliminary
discussion to help plan a future session on implications of an
affordable genome; a report on activities of the Clinical Utility and
Comparative Effectiveness Task Force; and updates from Federal agencies
on activities related to the implementation of the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act, the coverage and reimbursement of genetic tests,
the oversight of genetic testing, and the retention and use of residual
dried blood spot specimens after newborn screening.
As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to
provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and
society. Individuals who would like to provide public comment should
notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at
301-496-9838 or e-mail at [email protected]. The SACGHS office is
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone
planning to attend the meeting who needs special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, is
also asked to contact the Executive Secretary.
Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services
established SACGHS to serve as a public forum for deliberations on the
broad range of human health and societal issues raised by the
development and use of genetic and genomic technologies and, as
warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda
and other information about SACGHS, including information about access
to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: http://oba.od.nih.gov/SACGHS/sacghs_meetings.html.
Dated: December 10, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-29899 Filed 12-15-09; 8:45 am]
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