Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, 6025 [05-2128]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given of the sixth
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 5:30 p.m. on February 28,
2005 and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March
1, 2005 at the Bethesda North Marriott
Hotel, 5701 Marinelli Road, North
Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will
be open to the public with attendance
limited to space available. The meeting
will be webcast.
The meeting is expected to include
presentations and deliberations on
several topics, including the following:
a revised draft report with
recommendations about coverage and
reimbursement for genetic technologies
and services; current and proposed
efforts to understand gene-environment
interactions through large population
studies; the Committee’s efforts to
explore stakeholder perspectives on the
need for Federal legislation to prevent
genetic discrimination in health
insurance and employment; the
recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Heritable Disorders and
Genetic Diseases in Newborns and
Children regarding the provision of
screening, counseling and health care
services for newborns and children
having or at risk for heritable disorders;
and efforts to improve the quality of
laboratory testing for rare diseases. Time
will be provided each day for public
comments.
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
technologies and, as warranted, to
provide advice on these issues. The
draft meting agenda and other
information about SACGHS, including
information about access to the webcast,
will be available at the following Web
site: https://www.od.nih.gov/oba/
sacghs.htm.
The Committee would welcome
hearing from anyone wishing to provide
public comment on any issue related to
genetics, health and society. Individuals
who would like to provide public
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comment or who plan to attend the
meeting and need special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or
other reasonable accommodations,
should notify the SACGHS Executive
Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone
at 301–496–9838 or e-mail at
sc112@nih.gov. The SACGHS office is
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite
750, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Dated: January 27, 2005.
LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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Contact Person: Dr. Myrlene Staten, Senior
Advisor, Diabetes Translation Research,
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases, NIDDK, NIH, 6707
Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892–
5460. (301) 402–7886.
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes,
Endocrinology and Metabolic Research,
93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
Research; 98.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology
and Hematology Research, National Institutes
of Health, HHS.)
Dated: January 26, 2005
LaVerne Y. Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
This notice is being published less than 15
days prior to the meeting due to the timing
limitations imposed by the review and
funding cycle.
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National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Disorders;
Notice of Closed Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice
is hereby given of the following
meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the
public in accordance with the
provisions set forth in sections
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C.,
as amended. The purpose of this
meeting is to evaluate requests for
preclinical development resources for
potential new therapeutics for type 1
diabetes. The outcome of the evaluation
will be a decision whether NIDDK
should support the request and make
available contract resources for
development of the potential
therapeutic to improve the treatment or
prevent the development of type 1
diabetes and its complications. The
reserach proposals and the discussions
could disclose confidential trade secrets
or commercial property such as
patentable material, and personal
information concerning individuals
associated with the proposed research
projects, the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: Type 1 Diabetes—
Rapid Access to Intervention Development
Special Emphasis Panel, National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
Date: February 9, 2005.
Time: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Agenda: To evaluate requests for
preclinical development resources for
potential new therapeutics for type 1 diabetes
and its complications.
Place: 6707 Democracy Boulevard,
Bethesda, MD 20892. (Telephone conference
call.)
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Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(a) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice
is hereby given of the third meeting of
the Commission on Systemic
Interoperability.
The meeting will be open to the
public, with attendance limited to space
available. Individuals who plan to
attend and need special assistance, such
as sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, should
notify the Contact Person listed below
in advance of the meeting.
The mission of the Commission on
Systemic Interoperability is to submit a
report to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and to Congress on a
comprehensive strategy for the adoption
and implementation of health care
information technology standards that
includes a timeline and prioritization
for such adoption and implementation.
In developing that strategy, the
Commission will consider: (1) The costs
and benefits of the standards, both
financial impact and quality
improvement; (2) the current demand
on industry resources to implement the
Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 and other electronic standards,
including HIPAA standards; and (3) the
most cost-effective and efficient means
for industry to implement the standards.
Name of Committee: Commission on
Systemic Interoperability.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the sixth
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 5:30 p.m. on February 28, 2005 and 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. on March 1, 2005 at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel, 5701
Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, Maryland. The meeting will be open to
the public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will
be webcast.
The meeting is expected to include presentations and deliberations
on several topics, including the following: a revised draft report with
recommendations about coverage and reimbursement for genetic
technologies and services; current and proposed efforts to understand
gene-environment interactions through large population studies; the
Committee's efforts to explore stakeholder perspectives on the need for
Federal legislation to prevent genetic discrimination in health
insurance and employment; the recommendations of the Advisory Committee
on Heritable Disorders and Genetic Diseases in Newborns and Children
regarding the provision of screening, counseling and health care
services for newborns and children having or at risk for heritable
disorders; and efforts to improve the quality of laboratory testing for
rare diseases. Time will be provided each day for public comments.
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 technologies and, as warranted, to
provide advice on these issues. The draft meting agenda and other
information about SACGHS, including information about access to the
webcast, will be available at the following Web site: https://
www.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs.htm.
The Committee would welcome 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 or who plan to
attend the meeting and need special assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the
SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at 301-496-
9838 or e-mail at sc112@nih.gov. The SACGHS office is located at 6705
Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Dated: January 27, 2005.
LaVerne Stringfield,
Director, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
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