[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page ] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-26732] [Federal Register: October 28, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Advisory Council; Notice of Meeting In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the following National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of December 1994: Name: National Commission on Allied Health. Date & Time: December 15-16, 1994, 8:00 a.m. Place: Holiday Inn Bethesda, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. The meeting is open to the public. Purpose: The National Commission on Allied Health shall: (1) make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, with respect to: (A) the supply and distribution of allied health personnel throughout the United States; (B) current and future shortages or excesses of allied health personnel, particularly in medically underserved and rural communities; (C) priority research needs within the allied health professions; (D) appropriate Federal policies relating to the matters described in subparagraphs (A) through (C), including policies concerning changes in the financing of undergraduate and graduate allied health programs, changes in the types of allied health education, and the appropriate Federal role in the development of a research base in the allied health professions; (E) appropriate efforts to be carried out by health care facilities, schools and programs of allied health, and professional associations with respect to the matter referred to in subparagraph (A), including efforts for changes in undergraduate and graduate allied health education programs, and private support for research initiatives; (F) deficiencies and needs for improvements in existing data bases concerning the supply and distribution of training programs for allied health in the United States and steps that should be taken to eliminate such deficiencies; and (G) problems, and recommendations for the resolution of such problems, relating to the roles and functions of professionals within the allied health fields and other fields such as medicine and dentistry; and (2) encourage entities providing allied health education to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the recommendations of the Commission. Agenda: The agenda includes Congressional perspective on the Commission; review of materials relating to education, data, research, and workforce; review of white papers; and development of contents for final report. Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should contact Mr. Neil H. Sampson, Executive Secretary, National Commission on Allied Health, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, room 8-101, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6853. Agenda Items are subject to change as priorities dictate. Dated: October 24, 1994. Jackie E. Baum, Advisory Committee Management Officer, HRSA. [FR Doc. 94-26732 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-15-P