[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16776-16777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7026]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative 
and Public Health; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the 
Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 
hereby given that a meeting is scheduled to be held for the Advisory 
Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public

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Health (the ``Advisory Group''). The meeting will be open to the 
public. Information about the Advisory Group and the meeting agenda can 
be obtained by accessing the following Web site: http://www.healthcare.gov/center/councils/nphpphc/index.html.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 12-13, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Federal Trade Commission Conference Center; 601 New Jersey 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of the Surgeon General, 200 
Independence Ave., SW., Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 701H, 
Washington, DC 20001; 202-205-4867; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 10, 2010, the President issued 
Executive Order 13544 to comply with the statutes under Section 4001 of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148. 
This legislation mandated that the Advisory Group was to be established 
within the Department of Health and Human Services. The charter for the 
Advisory Group was established by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services on June 23, 2010; the charter was filed with the appropriate 
Congressional committees and Library of Congress on June 24, 2010. The 
Advisory Group has been established as a non-discretionary Federal 
advisory committee.
    The Advisory Group has been established to provide recommendations 
and advice to the National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public 
Health (the ``Council''). The Advisory Group shall provide assistance 
to the Council in carrying out its mission.
    The Advisory Group membership shall consist of not more than 25 
non-Federal members to be appointed by the President. The membership 
shall include a diverse group of licensed health professionals, 
including integrative health practitioners who have expertise in (1) 
worksite health promotion; (2) community services, including community 
health centers; (3) preventive medicine; (4) health coaching; (5) 
public health education; (6) geriatrics; and (7) rehabilitation 
medicine. On January 27, 2011, the President appointed 13 individuals 
to serve as members of the Advisory Group. This will be the inaugural 
meeting of the Advisory Group.
    Public attendance at the meeting is limited to space available. To 
ensure adequate seating is available to accommodate public attendance, 
members of the public who wish to attend the meeting should register. 
Individuals should notify the designated contact to register for public 
attendance. Individuals who plan to attend the meeting and need special 
assistance and/or accommodations, i.e., sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodations, should notify the designated point of 
contact for the Advisory Group. The public will have opportunity to 
provide comments to the Advisory Group on April 12th, 2011; public 
comment will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker. Registration for the 
public comment session also is required. Individuals wishing to provide 
comment to the Advisory Group should notify the designated contact for 
the Advisory Group. Any member of the public who wishes to have printed 
material distributed to the Advisory Group for this scheduled meeting 
should submit material to the designated point of contact for the 
Advisory Group no later than March 30, 2011 5 p.m. ET.

    Dated: March 17, 2011.
Regina Benjamin,
VADM, USPHS, Surgeon General.
[FR Doc. 2011-7026 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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