[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 38819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16102]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality:
Request for Nominations for Public Members
AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations for public members.
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SUMMARY: Section 921 (now Section 941 of the Public Health Service Act
(PHS Act)), 42 U.S.C. 299c, established a National Advisory Council for
Healthcare Research and Quality (the Council). The Council is to advise
the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and the Director of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) on activities proposed or
undertaken to carry out the agency mission including providing guidance
on (A) Priorities for health care research, (B) the field of health
care research including training needs and information dissemination on
health care quality and (C) the role of the Agency in light of private
sector activity and opportunities for public private partnerships.
Seven current members' terms will expire in November 2010. To fill
these positions in accordance with the legislative mandate establishing
the Council, we are seeking individuals who are distinguished: (1) In
the conduct of research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with
respect to health care; (2) in the fields of health care quality
research or health care improvement; (3) in the practice of medicine;
(4) in other health professions; (5) in the fields of health care
economics, information systems, law, ethics, business, or public
policy; and (6) individuals who could represent the interests of
patients and consumers of health care; and (7) the private health care
sector (including health plans, providers, and purchasers) possibly
including distinguished administrators of health care delivery
systems., Individuals are particularly sought with experience and
success in activities specified in the summary above.
DATES: Nominations should be received on or before 60 days after date
of publication.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Ms. Karen Brooks, AHRQ, 540
Gaither Road, Room 3006, Rockville, Maryland 20850. Nominations may
also be e-mailed to mailto: AHRQ National Advisory [email protected]
or faxed to (301) 427-1201.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Karen Brooks, AHRQ, at (301) 427-
1801.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 941 of the PHS Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c,
provides that the Secretary shall appoint to the National Advisory
council for Healthcare Research and Quality twenty one appropriately
qualified individuals and specifies that at least seventeen members
shall be representatives of the public and at least one member shall be
a specialist in the rural aspects of one or more of the professions or
fields listed in the above summary. In addition, the Secretary is
directed to designate, as ex officio members, representatives from
Federal agencies specified in the authorizing legislation, principally
agencies that conduct or support health care research, as well as other
Federal officials the Secretary may consider appropriate. The Council
meets in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, generally in Rockville,
Maryland, approximately three times a year to provide broad guidance to
the Secretary and AHRQ's Director, as described above, on the direction
of and programs undertaken by AHRQ.
Seven individuals will be selected presently by the Secretary to
serve on the Council beginning with the meeting in the spring of 2011.
Members generally serve 3-year terms. Appointments are staggered to
permit an orderly rotation of membership.
Interested persons may nominate one or more qualified persons for
membership on the Council. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations
shall include: (1) A copy of the nominee's resume or curriculum vitae;
and (2) a statement that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of
the Council. Selected candidates will be asked to provide detailed
information concerning their financial interests, consultant positions
and research grants and contracts, to permit evaluation of possible
sources of conflict of interest. Please note that once you are
nominated, AHRQ may consider your nomination for future positions on
the Council. In accordance with a Memorandum from the President dated
June 18, 2010, Federally registered lobbyists are not eligible for
positions on Federal advisory councils.
The Department seeks broad and diverse geographic representation on
the Council. In addition, since AHRQ is mandated to conduct and support
research concerning priority populations, which under 42 U.S.C. 299(c)
includes: Low-income groups; minority groups; women; children; the
elderly; and individuals with special health care needs, including
individuals with disabilities and individuals who need chronic care or
end-of-life health care, nominations of individuals with expertise in
health care for these priority populations are encouraged.
Dated: June 25, 2010.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2010-16102 Filed 7-2-10; 8:45 am]
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