Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, 21295 [2010-9453]

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The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, 2010, and from 8 a.m. to approximately 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting will be open to the public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will also be Web cast. The main agenda item will be an exploratory session on the implications of affordable whole-genome sequencing. The meeting will also include updates and discussions on other issues SACGHS has been addressing, including the work of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children related to the retention and use of dried blood spot specimens from newborn screening. As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to provide VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:23 Apr 22, 2010 Jkt 220001 public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and society. Please note that because SACGHS operates under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, all public comments will be made available to the public. 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 needs 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_meetings.html. Dated: April 16, 2010. Jennifer Spaeth, Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy. [FR Doc. 2010–9453 Filed 4–22–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4140–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Document Identifier CMS–10316 and CMS– 10209] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS. In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. 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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 21295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9453]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Meeting: Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, 
Health, and Society

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of the 
twenty-second 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 approximately 5:30 p.m. on 
Tuesday, June 15, 2010, and from 8 a.m. to approximately 2:45 p.m. on 
Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas 
Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005. The meeting will be open to the 
public with attendance limited to space available. The meeting will 
also be Web cast.
    The main agenda item will be an exploratory session on the 
implications of affordable whole-genome sequencing. The meeting will 
also include updates and discussions on other issues SACGHS has been 
addressing, including the work of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on 
Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children related to the retention 
and use of dried blood spot specimens from newborn screening.
    As always, the Committee welcomes hearing from anyone wishing to 
provide public comment on any issue related to genetics, health and 
society. Please note that because SACGHS operates under the provisions 
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, all public comments will be made 
available to the public. 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 needs 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_meetings.html.

    Dated: April 16, 2010.
Jennifer Spaeth,
Director, NIH Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2010-9453 Filed 4-22-10; 8:45 am]
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