[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13064-13065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04957]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice; 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: National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice 
(NACNEP).
    Date and Time: March 21, 2014, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 
Time.
    Place: Webinar Format.
    Status: This meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The purpose of this meeting is to identify the key issues 
facing public health nursing and population health, and to formulate 
policy recommendations for Congress and the Secretary to ensure the 
nursing workforce is ready to meet these challenges. The objectives of 
the meeting are: (1) To articulate the key challenges facing public 
health nursing and population health; (2) to develop goals and 
priorities for Council action to address these challenges; and (3) to 
develop recommendations on the activities, initiatives, and 
partnerships that are critical to advancing twenty-first century public 
health nurse education and practice models needed to promote the health 
of the public. This meeting will form the basis for NACNEP's mandated 
Twelfth Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services and Congress. The meeting will include presentations 
and discussion focused around the purpose and objectives of this 
meeting.
    Agenda: A tentative agenda will be available on the NACNEP Web site 
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days in advance of the meeting with a final agenda posted 1 day prior 
to the meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.
    Public Comment: Public participants may submit written statements 
in advance of the scheduled meeting. If you would like to provide oral 
public comment during the meeting, please address them to the 
Designated Federal Official (DFO), CDR Serina Hunter-Thomas, at 
[email protected]. Public comment will be limited to 3 minutes 
per speaker.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Further information regarding NACNEP, 
including the roster of members, Reports to Congress, and minutes from 
previous meetings is available at the following Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/nacnep/index.html. In 
addition, please be advised that committee members are given copies of 
all written statements submitted from the public. Any further public 
participation will be solely at the discretion of the Chair, with 
approval of the DFO in attendance. Registration through the DFO for the 
public comment session is required. Any member of the public who wishes 
to have printed materials distributed to the Council for this scheduled 
meeting should submit material to the DFO no later than 12:00 p.m. EST 
March 18, 2014.
    Members of the public and interested parties should request to 
participate in the meeting by contacting our Staff Assistant, Jeanne 
Brown, to obtain access information. Access will be granted upon 
request only and will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Space is limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanne Brown, Staff Assistant, 
National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, Parklawn 
Building, Room 9-61, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 
email [email protected]; telephone (301) 443-5688.

    Dated: February 28, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2014-04957 Filed 3-6-14; 8:45 am]
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