HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting, 15760-15761 [2012-6437]

Download as PDF 15760 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. HHS gives notice concerning the final effect of the HHS decision to designate a class of employees from the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On February 2, 2012, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384q(b), the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC: SUMMARY: All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked in any area at the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York, from November 1, 1947, through December 31, 1953, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the SEC. This designation became effective on March 3, 2012, as provided for under 42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)(C). Hence, beginning on March 3, 2012, members of this class of employees, defined as reported in this notice, became members of the SEC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stuart L. Hinnefeld, Director, Division of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 877– 222–7570. Information requests can also be submitted by email to DCAS@CDC.GOV. John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2012–6473 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163–19–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS. ACTION: Notice of meeting. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public. Name of Committee: HIT Standards Committee. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:10 Mar 15, 2012 Jkt 226001 General Function of the Committee: to provide recommendations to the National Coordinator on standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange and use of health information for purposes of adoption, consistent with the implementation of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and in accordance with policies developed by the HIT Policy Committee. Date and Time: The meeting will be held on April 18, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m./ Eastern Time. Location: Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW., Washington, DC 20001. For up-to-date information, go to the ONC Web site, https://healthit.hhs.gov. Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–260–1944, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: maryjo.deering@hhs.gov. Please call the contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups, including the Clinical Operations, Vocabulary Task Force, Clinical Quality, Implementation, and Enrollment Workgroups. ONC intends to make background material available to the public no later than two (2) business days prior to the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, it will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on ONC’s Web site after 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 committee. Written submissions may be made to the contact person on or before October 17, 2011. Oral comments from the public will be scheduled between approximately 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m./ Eastern Time. Time allotted for each presentation will be limited to three minutes each. If the number of speakers requesting to comment is greater than can be reasonably accommodated during the scheduled open public hearing session, ONC will take written comments after the meeting until close of business. Persons attending ONC’s advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Mary Jo Deering 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. PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). Dated: March 8, 2012. Mary Jo Deering, Acting Director, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2012–6433 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–45–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public. Name of Committee: HIT Policy Committee. 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 meeting will be held on April 4, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m./ Eastern Time. Location: Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd Street NW., Washington, DC 20037. For upto-date information, go to the ONC Web site, https://healthit.hhs.gov. Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of the National Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–260–1944, Fax: 202–690–6079, email: maryjo.deering@hhs.gov. Please call the contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice. Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups, including the Meaningful Use Workgroup, and updates from ONC and other Federal agencies. ONC intends to make background material available to the public no later than two (2) business days prior to the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the background material on its Web site prior to the meeting, it will be made publicly available at the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background material will be posted on ONC’s E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 52 / Friday, March 16, 2012 / Notices Web site after 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 workgroup’s 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. Persons attending ONC’s advisory committee meetings are advised that the agency is not responsible for providing access to electrical outlets. ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Mary Jo Deering 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. 92– 463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2). Dated: March 8, 2012. Mary Jo Deering, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. [FR Doc. 2012–6437 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–45–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegation of Authority Part A. Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegation of Authority for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is being amended at Chapter AC, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), as last amended at 60 FR 56605–06, dated November 9, 1995; 60 FR 8410, dated February 14, 1995; and most recently at 75 FR 53304–05, dated August 31, 2010, as follows: 1. Under Chapter AC, delete Paragraph H, ‘‘Office of HIV/AIDS Policy (ACJ)’’, in its entirety and replace with the following: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:10 Mar 15, 2012 Jkt 226001 H. Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (ACJ) The Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) is under the direction of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, who serves as the Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, and as the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH) and the Secretary on health policy and program issues related to HIV disease and infectious diseases of public health significance. These issues cut across Health and Human Services (HHS) components which provide research, services, prevention, treatment, and education and information dissemination to susceptible populations. OHAIDP is responsible for coordinating, integrating, and directing the Department’s policies, programs, and activities related to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, other infectious diseases of public health significance, and blood safety and availability. The Office: (1) Facilitates and/or coordinates policy planning processes related to infectious diseases, including viral hepatitis and HIV/AIDS, across HHS and monitors progress toward achieving established goals; (2) Advises on issues related to blood and blood products; (3) Monitors the implementation of the National HIV/ AIDS Strategy across HHS; (4) Identifies critical HIV/AIDS policy issues, including the inter-and intra-agency coordination need, and advises on how best to address/resolve these issues; (5) Serves as HHS liaison with the Office of the National AIDS Policy Coordinator, Executive Office of the President; (6) Assists in the preparation of responses to inquiries regarding programs and policies intended to promote effective prevention and advancement of research for HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and other infectious diseases of public health significance; (7) Provides liaison with other Federal organizations involved in addressing HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and/or other infectious diseases of public health significance; (8) Provides analytic and administrative support to the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability (ACBSA), the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/ AIDS (PACHA), cross-Departmental, coordinating groups, and other subsidiary or independent task forces, work groups, or subgroups; (9) Provides guidance on the cooperative dissemination and exchange of scientific, prevention, educational information, and clinical guidelines between public health interest groups, PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15761 health professional, and private sector organizations; (10) Guides, supports, and promotes methods of dissemination and exchange of information to and among the public; (11) Reviews and makes recommendations on OPDIVs budget requests related to departmental research, prevention, services, training, information, and infrastructure priorities as incorporated in planning documents or budget proposals. II. Delegations of Authority. Pending further re-delegation, directives or orders made by the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary for Health, or the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, all delegations and re-delegations of authority made to officials and employees of the affected organizational component will continue in them pending further re-delegations, provided they are consistent with this reorganization. Dated: March 6, 2012. E.J. Holland, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration. [FR Doc. 2012–6466 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4150–28–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Subcommittee on Procedures Review, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting for the aforementioned subcommittee: Time and Date: 9 a.m.–5 p.m., April 11, 2012. Place: Cincinnati Airport Marriott, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron, Kentucky 41018, Telephone (859) 334–4611, Fax (859) 334–4619. Status: Open to the public, but without a verbal public comment period. Written comment should be provided to the contact person below in advance of the meeting. To access by conference call dial the following information 1 (866) 659–0537, Participant Pass Code 9933701. Background: The ABRWH was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions required to implement and effectively manage the E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15760-15761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6437]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory 
committee of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
Information Technology (ONC). The meeting will be open to the public.

    Name of Committee: HIT Policy Committee.
    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 meeting will be held on April 4, 2012, from 
10 a.m. to 3 p.m./Eastern Time.
    Location: Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20037. For up-to-date information, go to the ONC Web site, https://healthit.hhs.gov.
    Contact Person: Mary Jo Deering, Office of the National 
Coordinator, HHS, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202-260-
1944, Fax: 202-690-6079, email: maryjo.deering@hhs.gov. Please call 
the contact person for up-to-date information on this meeting. A 
notice in the Federal Register about last minute modifications that 
impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting cannot 
always be published quickly enough to provide timely notice.
    Agenda: The committee will hear reports from its workgroups, 
including the Meaningful Use Workgroup, and updates from ONC and 
other Federal agencies. ONC intends to make background material 
available to the public no later than two (2) business days prior to 
the meeting. If ONC is unable to post the background material on its 
Web site prior to the meeting, it will be made publicly available at 
the location of the advisory committee meeting, and the background 
material will be posted on ONC's

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Web site after 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 workgroup's 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.
    Persons attending ONC's advisory committee meetings are advised 
that the agency is not responsible for providing access to 
electrical outlets.
    ONC welcomes the attendance of the public at its advisory 
committee meetings. Seating is limited at the location, and ONC will 
make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities 
or special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a 
disability, please contact Mary Jo Deering 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. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., App. 2).

    Dated: March 8, 2012.
Mary Jo Deering,
Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the National Coordinator for 
Health Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-6437 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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