[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20424]


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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 sixty-sixth meeting.

    Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services.
    Dates and Times:
September 15, 2010, 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m.
September 16, 2010, 8:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
September 17, 2010, 8:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
    Place: Ox Yoke Inn, 4420 220th Trail, Amana, Iowa 52203. Phone: 
319-622-3441.
    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, development, and 
administration of health and human services in rural areas.
    Agenda: Wednesday morning, at 8:45 a.m., the meeting will be 
called to order by the Chairperson of the Committee, the Honorable 
Ronnie Musgrove. The first two presentations will be overviews of 
rural Iowa and the Iowa State Office of Rural Health. The remainder 
of the day the Committee will hear presentations on the three chosen 
Subcommittee topics. The first panel will focus on Childhood Obesity 
in Rural Communities. The second panel is Quality Implications of 
the Affordable Care Act. The final panel of the day is Rural Early 
Childhood Development Place-Based Initiatives. After the panel 
discussions, the Committee Chair will give an overview of the site 
visits. This will be followed by a call for public comment. The 
Monday meeting will close at 5 p.m.
    Thursday morning, at 8:45 a.m., Tom Morris, Associate 
Administrator for Rural Health Policy, will provide a Departmental 
Update. At 9:15 a.m., the Committee will break into Subcommittees 
and depart to the site visits. The Childhood Obesity Subcommittee 
will visit Kids Corner in Tama County, IA and the Rural Early 
Childhood Development Place-Based Initiatives Subcommittee will 
visit the Pick A Better Snack Program at Walterboro Elementary in 
Walterboro, IA. The Quality Implications of the Affordable Care Act 
Subcommittee will visit a rural hospital, Grinnell Regional Medical 
Center. The Subcommittees will return to the Ox Yoke Inn in Amana at 
3:30 p.m. Transportation to the site visits will not be provided to 
the public. The Tuesday meeting will close at 4 p.m.
    The final session will be convened on Friday morning at 8:45 
a.m. The meeting will open with a review of the Subcommittee site 
visits. The Chair of the Committee will lead a Working Session to 
discuss development of the Report to the Secretary. The Committee 
will draft a letter to the Secretary and discuss the February 2011 
meeting. The meeting will be adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
    For Further Information Contact: Thomas Morris, MPA, Executive 
Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human 
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn 
Building, Room 10B-45, 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 Jennifer Chang at the Office of Rural Health Policy 
(ORHP) via Telephone at (301) 443-0835 or by e-mail at 
[email protected]. The Committee meeting agenda will be posted on 
ORHP's Web site http://www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov.

    Dated: August 12, 2010.
Sahira Rafiullah,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2010-20424 Filed 8-17-10; 8:45 am]
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