Notice2021-17809
Meeting: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
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Published
August 19, 2021
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Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Meeting of the Full Committee. This meeting is open to the public. The public is welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting by following the instructions that will be posted here prior to the meeting: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 158 (Thursday, August 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 46705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17809]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Meeting: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human
Services.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory
committee meeting: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
(NCVHS), Meeting of the Full Committee. This meeting is open to the
public. The public is welcome to obtain the link to attend this meeting
by following the instructions that will be posted here prior to the
meeting: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/</a>.
DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, September 9, 2021: 10:30
a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST and Friday, September 10, 2021: 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
EST
ADDRESSES: Virtual open meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Substantive program information may be
obtained from Rebecca Hines, MHS, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National
Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, or via
electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0c6d7d884f0d3d4d39ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f781909fc3b7949394d9909881">[email protected]</span></a>; or by telephone (301) 458-4715.
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available
on the home page of the NCVHS website, <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/</a>, where
further information including an agenda and instructions to access the
broadcast of the meeting will be posted.
Should you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the CDC
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity on (770) 488-3210 as soon as
possible.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: As outlined in its Charter, the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics assists and advises the Secretary of HHS on
health data, data standards, statistics, privacy, national health
information policy, and the Department's strategy to best address those
issues. This includes the adoption and implementation of transaction
standards, unique identifiers, operating rules and code sets adopted
under the Health Insurance and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).\1\ At
this meeting, the Committee will receive updates from HHS officials,
hold discussions on current health data policy topics, and discuss its
work plan for the upcoming period.
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\1\ Public Law 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936 (Aug 21, 1996), available
at <a href="https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf">https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ191/PLAW-104publ191.pdf</a>.
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The Subcommittee on Standards will bring forward a letter that
outlines a set of recommendations for HHS actions regarding the 11th
Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) for
the Committee's consideration. In addition, the Subcommittee will
update the full Committee on the August 25 Listening Session on
Healthcare Standards Development, Adoption and Implementation, and how
the input received from that session, as well as from an extended
public comment period, is informing the Subcommittee's ``Convergence
2.0'' project. The Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality & Security
will update the Committee regarding the July 14 hearing on Security in
Healthcare and on its project to examine considerations for data
collection and use during a public health emergency. The Committee also
will discuss a potential project that would assess current standards
and practices for reporting race and ethnicity data and sexual
orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data.
The Committee will reserve time for public comment toward the end
of the schedule on both days. Meeting times and topics are subject to
change. Please refer to the agenda posted at the NCVHS website for this
meeting <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/meetings/full-committee-meeting-8/</a> for
any updates.
Sharon Arnold,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,
Science and Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 2021-17809 Filed 8-18-21; 8:45 am]
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