[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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