[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04652]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services;
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given that the
following committee will convene its seventy-second meeting.
Name: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services.
Dates and Time: April 3, 2013, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. April 4, 2013,
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. April 5, 2013, 8:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
Place: Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, 3090 North
12th Street, Unit B, Grand Junction, CO 81506, Web site:
www.hospicewco.com.
Phone: (970) 241-2212.
Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
Purpose: The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary with
respect to the delivery, research, development, and administration of
health and human services in rural areas.
Agenda: Wednesday morning, at 9:00 a.m., the meeting will be called
to order by the Chairman of the Committee, the Honorable Ronnie
Musgrove. The Committee will be examining hospice and palliative care
for rural patients and efforts to ameliorate rural poverty. The day
will conclude with a period of public comment at approximately 5:00
p.m.
Thursday morning, at approximately 9:00 a.m., the Committee will
break into Subcommittees and depart for site visits to rural healthcare
and human services providers in Colorado. One panel from the Health
Subcommittee will visit Family Health West Hospital in Fruita, CO.
Another panel from the Health Subcommittee will visit Plateau Valley
Clinic in Collbran, CO. The Human Services Subcommittee will visit
Montrose County Health and Human Services in Montrose, Colorado. The
day will conclude at the Doubletree Hilton Grand Junction with a period
of public comment at approximately 5:00 p.m.
The final session will be convened on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m.
The Committee will summarize key findings from the meeting and develop
a work plan for the next quarter and the following meeting. The meeting
will adjourn at 11:15 a.m.
For Further Information Contact: Steve Hirsch, MSLS, Executive
Secretary, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Parklawn
Building, Room 5A-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone
(301) 443-0835, Fax (301) 443-2803.
Persons interested in attending any portion of the meeting should
contact Nathan Nash at the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) via
telephone at (301) 443-0835 or by email at [email protected]. The
Committee meeting agenda will be posted on ORHP's Web site http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/rural/.
Dated: February 21, 2013.
Bahar Niakan,
Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2013-04652 Filed 2-27-13; 8:45 am]
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