National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Meeting, 44925 [05-15454]

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[FR Doc. 05–15381 Filed 8–3–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210–01–S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting. Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality. Time and Date: August 16, 2005, 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m. August 17, 2005, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Place: Hotel Monaco, 501 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, (415) 292–0100. Status: Open. Purpose: The meeting will focus on privacy and confidentiality issues related to electronic health records and the development of a National Health Information Network (NHIN). The Subcommittee will hear from witnesses who have been asked to respond to questions posted on the Subcommittee’s Web site https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/. The questions focus on design options for a NHIN, related privacy and confidentiality concerns, issues around patient control of content and access to NHIN records, and broader issues around privacy and confidentiality of personal health information and building the public trust in the NHIN. Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members may be obtained from Maya A. Bernstein, Lead Staff for Subcommittee on Privacy and VerDate jul<14>2003 16:23 Aug 03, 2005 Jkt 205001 44925 Confidentiality, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 434E Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 20201; telephone (202) 690–7100; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 458–4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS Web site: https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further information including an agenda will be posted when available. Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458–4EEO (4336) as soon as possible. generate the appearance or hide the presence of a relationship between exposure to hazardous substances and adverse health effects. The presence of environmental contamination and an adverse health effect does not automatically demonstrate evidence of a causal relationship. Beginning in 1992, ATSDR developed a research agenda to address some of these questions. Research under this agenda continues to be conducted, but additional research is needed. Therefore, projects conducted under this program announcement will focus on those questions that have the greatest relevance toward determining the relationship of adverse health effects among persons exposed to hazardous substances. Examples of relevant ATSDR activities are presented below: Dated: July 29, 2005. James Scanlon, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 05–15454 Filed 8–3–05; 8:45 am] Evaluation of Persons Exposed to Tremolite Asbestos Contaminated Vermiculite Asbestos contaminated vermiculite ore was mined and processed in Libby, Montana, from the early 1920s until 1990. ATSDR has completed a medical screening program, a mortality review and a Public Health assessment in Libby. Based on these studies and additional evaluation conducted by ATSDR, EPA and the State of Montana, people who worked in the Libby mine or processing facilities and people who lived in the Libby community were exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite. Nearly eighteen percent of medical screening participants had radiographic pleural abnormalities consistent with asbestos exposure. Mortality due to lung cancer and asbestosis was also found to be elevated in Libby. ATSDR has also implemented a Tremolite Asbestos Registry (TAR) of exposed persons and has funded the State of Montana to conduct additional periodic medical surveillance for eligible persons. Additionally, records indicate that the vermiculite ore from Libby was shipped to over 200 locations around the U.S. for handling and/or processing into various commercial and consumer products. Twenty-eight ‘‘Phase 1 Sites’’ have been identified based on a variety of factors such as tonnage of ore received, population density, numbers of workers, etc. Health statistics reviews (to evaluate mortality and cancer registry data) are currently being completed in sixteen states and mesothelioma surveillance has been initiated in three states (New York, Wisconsin and New Jersey). In addition, ATSDR has funded a comprehensive community exposure assessment project in a community receiving the ore. This work addresses BILLING CODE 4151–05–M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Applied Research for Populations Around Hazardous Waste Sites Announcement Type: New. Funding Opportunity Number: CDC– RFA–TS05–110. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.161. DATES: Application Deadline: August 29, 2005. I. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 2005)]
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[FR Doc No: 05-15454]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics; Meeting

    Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory 
committee meeting.
    Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.
    Time and Date: August 16, 2005, 1:30 p.m.-5 p.m. August 17, 2005, 9 
a.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Hotel Monaco, 501 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, 
(415) 292-0100.
    Status: Open.
    Purpose: The meeting will focus on privacy and confidentiality 
issues related to electronic health records and the development of a 
National Health Information Network (NHIN). The Subcommittee will hear 
from witnesses who have been asked to respond to questions posted on 
the Subcommittee's Web site https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/. The questions 
focus on design options for a NHIN, related privacy and confidentiality 
concerns, issues around patient control of content and access to NHIN 
records, and broader issues around privacy and confidentiality of 
personal health information and building the public trust in the NHIN.
    Contact Person for More Information: Substantive program 
information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee 
members may be obtained from Maya A. Bernstein, Lead Staff for 
Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 434E Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., 20201; telephone (202) 690-
7100; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National 
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2402, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, 
telephone (301) 458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS 
home page of the HHS Web site: https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/, where further 
information including an agenda will be posted when available.
    Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC 
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (301) 458-4EEO (4336) as soon 
as possible.

    Dated: July 29, 2005.
James Scanlon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Data Policy, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 05-15454 Filed 8-3-05; 8:45 am]
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