[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5504]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Administration for Children and Families
Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood
Home Visiting Program Evaluation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice to announce the establishment of the Advisory Committee
on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Evaluation.
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SUMMARY: HRSA and ACF announce through this notice the establishment of
the Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home
Visiting Program Evaluation (``the Committee''), pursuant to subsection
2951(g) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable
Care Act). Under this authority, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services (``the Secretary'') is to appoint an independent advisory
panel consisting of experts in program evaluation and research,
education, and early childhood development. The purpose of the
Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary on the design, plan,
progress, and findings of the evaluation required for the home visiting
program under the Affordable Care Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Billie Butler, Maternal and Child
Health Bureau; [email protected]; (301) 443-1149.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subsection 2951(g) of the Affordable Care
Act of 2010 mandates the appointment of an advisory committee to
review, and make recommendations on, the design and plan for the
evaluation required under the Affordable Care Act, and to maintain and
advise the Secretary regarding the progress of the evaluation. To
comply with the authorizing directive and the guidelines under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a charter has been filed with
the Committee Management Secretariat in the General Services
Administration (GSA), the appropriate committees in the U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives, and the Library of Congress to establish the
Committee as a non-discretionary Federal advisory committee. The
charter was filed on January 27, 2011.
Objectives and Scope of Activities
The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice and make
recommendations to the Secretary through the Administrator, HRSA, and
the Assistant Secretary, ACF, with respect to the design, plan,
progress and results of the evaluation.
Membership and Designation
The Committee shall consist of up to 25 voting members appointed by
the Secretary. Members shall be experts in the areas of program
evaluation and research, education, and early childhood development.
Independent members shall be appointed as Special Government Employees.
The Committee may also include voting members representing HRSA, ACF,
and other agencies of the Federal Government designated by the
Secretary as ex-officio members. The HRSA Administrator and ACF
Assistant Secretary each shall recommend nominees for Co-Chairs of the
Committee. Members shall be invited to serve from the date of
appointment through March 31, 2015; such terms are contingent upon the
renewal of the Committee by appropriate action prior to its
termination.
Administrative Management and Support
Coordination, management and operational services for the Committee
shall be provided by HRSA with assistance from ACF. A copy of the
Committee charter can be obtained from the designated contact or by
accessing the FACA database that is maintained by the GSA Committee
Management Secretariat. The website for the FACA database is http://fido.gov/facadatabase/.
Authority: The Committee is authorized by subsection 511(g)(1)
of Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as
amended by subsection 2951(g) of the Affordable Care Act of 2010
(Pub. L. 111-148). The Committee is governed by provisions of Public
Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.2), which sets forth standards
for the formation and use of advisory committees.
Dated: March 4, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration.
Dated: March 4, 2011.
Mark Greenberg,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Administration for Children and
Families.
[FR Doc. 2011-5504 Filed 3-7-11; 4:15 pm]
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