[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64116-64117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25662]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and 
Dentistry; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:
    Name: Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and 
Dentistry (ACTPCMD).
    Date and Time: November 1, 2012, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
    Place: Webinar format.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The Advisory Committee provides advice and recommendations 
on a broad range of issues relating to grant programs authorized by 
sections 222 and 749 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by 
section 5103(d) and re-designated by section 5303 of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.
    At this meeting, the Advisory Committee will finalize its report on 
the inter-professional education of primary care providers. The 
Committee will also select a topic for its next report and begin 
planning how to approach the writing of that report. The Committee's 
reports are submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 
of the Senate; and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives.
    Agenda: The meeting on Thursday, November 1, 2012, will begin with 
opening comments from HRSA senior officials. Work on the Committee's 
tenth report on inter-professional training of primary care providers 
will begin with an update by the report's writing group. The Committee 
will then complete the report and approve the final draft. Before the 
next major agenda item, HRSA staff will present a brief update on the 
Agency's efforts in the area of interprofessional oral health clinical 
competencies. Much of the remaining meeting time will be spent on 
determining a topic for the next report, establishing a writing group 
to guide the writing process, and developing a report outline. The 
Committee also will plan for the next Advisory Committee meeting, which 
will be a face-to-face meeting in April 2013, and determine report work 
to be done in the interim. An opportunity will be provided for public 
comment at the end of the meeting.
    For members of the public interested in gaining access to the 
webinar, please use the following URL: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/actpcmd/. The audio portion of the meeting 
will be

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computer-based. Anyone wishing to make a public comment should use the 
Question & Answer Pod any time during the meeting. The questions will 
be collected and as many addressed as possible during time provided at 
the end of the meeting. Anyone wishing further information on the 
webinar aspects of the meeting should contact Iwona Grodecki at (301) 
443-8379.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anyone interested in obtaining a 
roster of members or other relevant information should write or contact 
Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Medicine and Dentistry, 
Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9A-27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-7271. The web address 
for information on the Advisory Committee is http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/actpcmd/index.html.

    Dated: October 12, 2012.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy Information and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2012-25662 Filed 10-17-12; 8:45 am]
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