National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps; Request for Nominations, 9705-9706 [2013-03006]

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• DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
• Health Resources and Services Administration

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9705-9706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03006]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps; 
Request for Nominations

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
requesting nominations to fill five (5) vacancies on the National 
Advisory Council (NAC) on the National Health Service Corps (NHSC). The 
NAC on NHSC was established in 1978.

DATES: The agency must receive nominations on or before March 13, 2013.

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be sent electronically to Njeri Jones 
at NJones@hrsa.gov or mailed to 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13-64, 
Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Huffman, Executive Secretary, 
National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps, at 
(301) 443-3863 or email KHuffman@hrsa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Advisory Council on the 
National Health Service Corps (hereafter referred to as NAC) was 
established under 42 U.S.C. 254j (Section 337 of the Public Health 
Service Act), as amended by Section 10501 of the Affordable Care Act. 
The NAC is governed by provisions of Public Law 92-463 (5 U.S.C. 
App.2), also known as the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which sets 
forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.
    The NAC is a group of health care providers and health care site 
administrators who are experts in the issues that communities with a 
shortage of primary care professionals face in meeting their health 
care needs. The NAC is a frontline source of information to the NHSC 
senior management. The NAC is committed to effectively implementing its 
mandate to advise the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) and, by designation, the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
    The NAC consists of 15 members who are Special Government 
Employees. Responsibilities of the Council include: (1) Serving as a 
forum to identify the priorities for the NHSC and to bring forward and 
anticipate future program issues and concerns through ongoing 
communication with program staff, professional organizations, 
communities, and program participants; (2) Functioning as a sounding 
board for proposed policy changes by utilizing the varying levels of 
expertise represented on the Council to advise on specific program 
areas; and, (3) Developing and distributing white papers and briefs 
that clearly state issues and/or concerns relating to the NHSC with 
specific recommendations for necessary policy revisions.
    Specifically, HRSA is requesting nominations for individuals with a 
background in primary care, dental health, and mental health 
representing one or more of the following areas of expertise: working 
with underserved populations, health care policy, recruitment and 
retention, site administration, customer service, marketing, 
organizational partnerships, research, and clinical practice. We are 
looking for nominees that either currently or have previously filled a 
role as site administrators, physicians, dentists, mid-level 
professionals (i.e., nurses, physician assistants), mental or 
behavioral health professionals, or NHSC scholars or loan repayors. 
Nominees will be invited to serve a 3-year term beginning after 
September 30, 2013.
    HHS will consider nominations of all qualified individuals with a 
view to ensuring that the NAC includes the areas of subject matter 
expertise noted above and reflects the diverse primary care health care 
workforce and health delivery sites. Individuals may nominate 
themselves or other individuals, and professional associations and 
organizations may nominate one or more qualified persons for membership 
on the Council. Nominations shall state that the nominee is willing to 
serve as a member of the NAC and appears to have no conflict of 
interest that would preclude the membership. Potential candidates will 
be contacted by NHSC and asked to provide detailed information 
concerning financial interests, consultancies, research grants, and/or 
contracts that might be affected by recommendations of the Committee, 
to permit evaluation of possible sources of conflicts of interest.
    A nomination package should include the following information for 
each nominee: (1) A letter of nomination (no more than 2) stating the 
name, affiliation, and contact information for the nominee, the basis 
for the nomination (i.e., what specific attributes, perspectives, and/
or skills does the individual possess that would benefit the workings 
of NAC), and the nominees field(s) of expertise; (2) a biography of the 
nominee and a copy of his/her curriculum vitae; and (3) the name, 
address, daytime telephone number, and email address at which the 
nominator can be contacted. HRSA will accept self-nominations. Note: If 
you submitted a nomination on someone's behalf or a self-nomination in 
spring of 2012 and would like to be considered again, please send a 
complete packet of the information requested above.
    HHS has special interest in assuring that women, minority groups, 
veterans, and individuals with disabilities are adequately represented 
on advisory committees; and therefore, extends particular encouragement 
to nominations for appropriately qualified

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female, minority, veterans, or individuals with disabilities.

    Dated: February 5, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
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