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Notice of Meeting: Secretary’s
Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,
notice is hereby given of the eighteenth
meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory
Committee on Genetics, Health, and
Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health
Service. The meeting will be held from
10 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on
Thursday, March 12, 2009, and 8:30
a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. on Friday,
March 13, 2009, at the Hubert H.
Humphrey Building, 200 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.
The meeting will be open to the public
with attendance limited to space
available. The meeting also will be Web
cast.
At this meeting, the Committee will
begin to explore issues related to
genetics and the future of the health
care system with the first in a series of
roundtables focusing on perspectives of
stakeholders in the payer community.
Other agenda items include a session on
developments related to informed
consent for genomic data sharing,
discussion of the Committee’s next steps
to address concerns related to
consumer-initiated genomic services,
and updates on Department of Health
and Human Services and agency
priorities.
As always, the Committee welcomes
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 should notify the SACGHS
Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by
telephone at 301–496–9838 or e-mail at
carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite
750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone
planning to attend the meeting, who is
in need of special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodations, is also
asked to contact the Executive
Secretary.
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
and genomic technologies and, as
warranted, to provide advice on these
issues. The draft meeting agenda and
other information about SACGHS,
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Dated: January 22, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
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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
eighteenth meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics,
Health, and Society (SACGHS), U.S. Public Health Service. The meeting
will be held from 10 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March
12, 2009, and 8:30 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. on Friday, March 13,
2009, at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. The meeting will be open to the public with
attendance limited to space available. The meeting also will be Web
cast.
At this meeting, the Committee will begin to explore issues related
to genetics and the future of the health care system with the first in
a series of roundtables focusing on perspectives of stakeholders in the
payer community. Other agenda items include a session on developments
related to informed consent for genomic data sharing, discussion of the
Committee's next steps to address concerns related to consumer-
initiated genomic services, and updates on Department of Health and
Human Services and agency priorities.
As always, the Committee welcomes 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 should
notify the SACGHS Executive Secretary, Ms. Sarah Carr, by telephone at
301-496-9838 or e-mail at carrs@od.nih.gov. The SACGHS office is
located at 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 750, Bethesda, MD 20892. Anyone
planning to attend the meeting, who is in need of special assistance,
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, is also asked to contact the Executive Secretary.
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 and genomic technologies and, as
warranted, to provide advice on these issues. The draft meeting agenda
and other information about SACGHS, including information about access
to the Web cast, will be available at the following Web site: https://
oba.od.nih.gov/SACGHS/sacghs_home.htm l.
Dated: January 22, 2009.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-1868 Filed 1-28-09; 8:45 am]
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