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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Establishment of the Personal Care
Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Community Living Assistance
Services and Supports (CLASS) Office,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: The Personal Care Attendants
Workforce Advisory Panel is authorized
under section 8002 of the Affordable Care
Act, Pub. L. 111–148. The Committee is
governed by provisions of Pub. L. 92–463, as
amended, (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets forth
standards for the formation and use of
advisory committees.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services announces
establishment of the Personal Care
Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel,
as directed by section 8002 of Public
Law 111–148.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Margaret Reiser, Department of Health
and Human Services; Telephone (202)
690–7858, Fax (202) 690–7383.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111–
148, the President directed that the
Committee shall be established within
the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). To comply with the
authorizing directive and guidelines
under the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), a charter has been filed
with the Committee Management
Secretariat in the General Services
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Administration (GSA), the appropriate
committees in the Senate and U.S.
House of Representatives, and the
Library of Congress to establish the
Commission as a non-discretionary
Federal advisory committee. The
Secretary signed the charter on June 4,
2010. The charter was filed on June 7,
2010.
Objectives and Scope of Activities.
The Personal Care Attendants
Workforce Advisory Panel is the
Department’s statutory public advisory
body on personal care attendant
workforce issues related to the
Community Living Assistance Services
and Supports (CLASS) Act in the
Affordable Care Act. With sensitivity to
policy considerations and priorities, the
Committee will provide advice and
guidance on issues related to the
adequacy of the number of personal care
attendant workers, the salaries, wages,
and benefits, and access to the services
provided by personal care attendant
workers. The Committee shall assist and
advise the Department on personal care
attendant workforce policy as it pertains
to the Department, States, local
governments and the private sector.
Membership and Designation. The
Secretary is soliciting nominations for
appointment to the 15-member
Advisory Panel from among members of
the general public who are individuals
who have distinguished themselves in
the fields of long-term services and
supports; aging and disability
populations and services; practices that
help reduce high personal care
attendant workforce vacancy and
turnover rates; Medicaid, Medicare, the
Older Americans Act and the Workforce
Investment System; community
residential services; and policy analysis
and development related to the
financing, access, provision and quality
of health care services. Each member of
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the Advisory Panel shall be appointed
for a term of 2 years. Nominations shall
be submitted to Margaret Reiser, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
200 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
415F, Washington, DC, 20201 no later
than June 18, 2010. Any vacancy on the
Advisory Panel shall not affect its
powers, but shall be filled in the same
manner as the original appointment was
made. An individual chosen to fill a
vacancy shall be appointed for the
unexpired term of the member replaced.
A Chair will be designated from among
its members. Members who are selected
from the Federal sector to fill positions
on the Committee will be classified as
regular government employees. The
Committee members who are selected
from the public and/or private sector
will be classified as special government
employees.
Administrative Management and
Support. HHS will provide funding and
administrative support for the
Committee to the extent permitted by
law within existing appropriations. Staff
will be assigned to a program office
established to support the activities of
the Committee. Management and
oversight for support services provided
to the Committee will be the
responsibility of the CLASS Office. All
executive departments and agencies and
all entities within the Executive Office
of the President shall provide
information and assistance to the
Committee as the Chair may request for
purposes of carrying out the
Committee’s functions, to the extent
permitted by law.
A copy of the Commission charter can
be obtained from the designated
contacts or by accessing the FACA
database that is maintained by the GSA
Committee Management Secretariat. The
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Web site for the FACA database is
https://fido.gov/facadatabase/.
Dated: June 10, 2010.
Donald B. Moulds,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation.
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Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology; HIT
Policy Committee’s Workgroup
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AGENCY: Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
This notice announces forthcoming
subcommittee meetings of a Federal
advisory committee of the Office of the
National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC). The
meetings will be open to the public via
dial-in access only.
Name of Committees: HIT Policy
Committee’s Workgroups: Meaningful
Use, Privacy & Security Policy,
Adoption/Certification, Enrollment,
Privacy & Security Tiger Team, and
Nationwide Health Information
Infrastructure (NHIN) workgroups.
General Function of the Committee: to
provide recommendations to the
National Coordinator on a policy
framework for the development and
adoption of a nationwide health
information technology infrastructure
that permits the electronic exchange and
use of health information as is
consistent with the Federal Health IT
Strategic Plan and that includes
recommendations on the areas in which
standards, implementation
specifications, and certification criteria
are needed.
Date and Time: The HIT Policy
Committee Workgroups will hold the
following additional public meetings
during June 2010: June 22nd Privacy &
Security Tiger Team, 10 a.m. to
1 p.m./ET; June 25th Enrollment
Workgroup, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m./ET; June
28th Enrollment Workgroup, 10 a.m. to
1 p.m./ET and Privacy & Security Tiger
Team, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m./ET. In addition,
the June 28th Privacy & Security Policy
Workgroup, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m./ET, has
been cancelled.
Location: All workgroup meetings
will be available via webcast; for
instructions on how to listen via
telephone or Web visit https://
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Web site for additional information as it
becomes available.
Contact Person: Judy Sparrow, Office
of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20201,
202–205–4528, Fax: 202–690–6079,
e-mail: judy.sparrow@hhs.gov Please
call the contact person for up-to-date
information on these meetings. A notice
in the Federal Register about last
minute modifications that affect a
previously announced advisory
committee meeting cannot always be
published quickly enough to provide
timely notice.
Agenda: The workgroups will be
discussing issues related to their
specific subject matter, e.g., meaningful
use, the NHIN, privacy and security, or
enrollment. If background materials are
associated with the workgroup
meetings, they will be posted on ONC’s
Web site prior to the meeting at
https://healthit.hhs.gov.
Procedure: Interested persons may
present data, information, or views,
orally or in writing, on issues pending
before the workgroups. Written
submissions may be made to the contact
person on or before two days prior to
the workgroups’ meeting date. Oral
comments from the public will be
scheduled at the conclusion of each
workgroup meeting. Time allotted for
each presentation will be limited to
three minutes. If the number of speakers
requesting to comment is greater than
can be reasonably accommodated
during the scheduled open public
session, ONC will take written
comments after the meeting until close
of business on that day.
If you require special
accommodations due to a disability,
please contact Judy Sparrow at least
seven (7) days in advance of the
meeting.
ONC is committed to the orderly
conduct of its advisory committee
meetings. Please visit our Web site at
https://healthit.hhs.gov for procedures
on public conduct during advisory
committee meetings.
Notice of this meeting is given under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).
Dated: June 8, 2010.
Judith Sparrow,
Office of Programs and Coordination, Office
of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Vaccine Advisory Committee
Meetings
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice
that the National Vaccine Advisory
Committee (NVAC) will hold two
teleconference meetings. The meetings
are open to the public. Pre-registration
is not required, however, individuals
who wish to participate in the public
comment sessions should either e-mail
nvpo@hhs.gov or call 202–690–5566 to
register.
DATES: The meeting dates are:
1. July 27, 2010, 1 p.m.–2 p.m. EDT.
2. August 25, 2010, 1 p.m.–2 p.m.
EDT.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will occur by
teleconference. To attend, please call
1–888–677–1385, passcode ‘‘NVAC.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Salmon, National Vaccine
Program Office, Department of Health
and Human Services, Room 715–H,
Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. Phone: (202)
690–5566; Fax: (202) 260–1165; e-mail:
nvpo@hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 2101 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1),
the Secretary of Health and Human
Services was mandated to establish the
National Vaccine Program to achieve
optimal prevention of human infectious
diseases through immunization and to
achieve optimal prevention against
adverse reactions to vaccines. The
National Vaccine Advisory Committee
was established to provide advice and
make recommendations to the Director
of the National Vaccine Program, on
matters related to the Program’s
responsibilities. The Assistant Secretary
for Health serves as Director of the
National Vaccine Program.
These are special meetings of the
NVAC. Discussions will focus on the
work of the Vaccine Safety Risk
Assessment Working Group (VSRAWG)
and the reports that it generates. The
reports will summarize the work to-date
of the H1N1 VSRAWG reviewing H1N1
safety monitoring data. These NVAC
meetings may also include topics
beyond the VSRAWG such as the
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Establishment of the Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory
Panel
AGENCY: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS)
Office, Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: The Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel
is authorized under section 8002 of the Affordable Care Act, Pub. L.
111-148. The Committee is governed by provisions of Pub. L. 92-463,
as amended, (5 U.S.C. App. 2), which sets forth standards for the
formation and use of advisory committees.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces
establishment of the Personal Care Attendants Workforce Advisory Panel,
as directed by section 8002 of Public Law 111-148.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Reiser, Department of Health
and Human Services; Telephone (202) 690-7858, Fax (202) 690-7383.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Affordable Care Act, Public Law
111-148, the President directed that the Committee shall be established
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). To comply
with the authorizing directive and guidelines under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a charter has been filed with the
Committee Management Secretariat in the General Services Administration
(GSA), the appropriate committees in the Senate and U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Library of Congress to establish the
Commission as a non-discretionary Federal advisory committee. The
Secretary signed the charter on June 4, 2010. The charter was filed on
June 7, 2010.
Objectives and Scope of Activities. The Personal Care Attendants
Workforce Advisory Panel is the Department's statutory public advisory
body on personal care attendant workforce issues related to the
Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act in the
Affordable Care Act. With sensitivity to policy considerations and
priorities, the Committee will provide advice and guidance on issues
related to the adequacy of the number of personal care attendant
workers, the salaries, wages, and benefits, and access to the services
provided by personal care attendant workers. The Committee shall assist
and advise the Department on personal care attendant workforce policy
as it pertains to the Department, States, local governments and the
private sector.
Membership and Designation. The Secretary is soliciting nominations
for appointment to the 15-member Advisory Panel from among members of
the general public who are individuals who have distinguished
themselves in the fields of long-term services and supports; aging and
disability populations and services; practices that help reduce high
personal care attendant workforce vacancy and turnover rates; Medicaid,
Medicare, the Older Americans Act and the Workforce Investment System;
community residential services; and policy analysis and development
related to the financing, access, provision and quality of health care
services. Each member of the Advisory Panel shall be appointed for a
term of 2 years. Nominations shall be submitted to Margaret Reiser,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Room 415F, Washington, DC, 20201 no later than June 18, 2010. Any
vacancy on the Advisory Panel shall not affect its powers, but shall be
filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. An
individual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the
unexpired term of the member replaced. A Chair will be designated from
among its members. Members who are selected from the Federal sector to
fill positions on the Committee will be classified as regular
government employees. The Committee members who are selected from the
public and/or private sector will be classified as special government
employees.
Administrative Management and Support. HHS will provide funding and
administrative support for the Committee to the extent permitted by law
within existing appropriations. Staff will be assigned to a program
office established to support the activities of the Committee.
Management and oversight for support services provided to the Committee
will be the responsibility of the CLASS Office. All executive
departments and agencies and all entities within the Executive Office
of the President shall provide information and assistance to the
Committee as the Chair may request for purposes of carrying out the
Committee's functions, to the extent permitted by law.
A copy of the Commission charter can be obtained from the
designated contacts or by accessing the FACA database that is
maintained by the GSA Committee Management Secretariat. The
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Web site for the FACA database is https://fido.gov/facadatabase/.
Dated: June 10, 2010.
Donald B. Moulds,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2010-14447 Filed 6-15-10; 8:45 am]
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