Notice2021-28341
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
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Published
December 30, 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. 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 on the website prior to the meeting at: https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/. Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Meeting of the full Committee.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 248 (Thursday, December 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74417-74418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28341]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS.
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. 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 on the website prior to the meeting
at: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/</a>.
Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS),
Meeting of the full Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday, January 24, 2022: 10:30 a.m.-
5:30 p.m. EST and Tuesday, January 25, 2021: 10:00 a.m.-4:30 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#3244555a06725156511c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2452434c10644740470a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>; or by telephone (301) 458-4715.
Summaries of meetings and a roster of Committee members are available
on 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
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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 provide an update on its project
focused on standardization of information for burden reduction and
post-pandemic America. This will include discussion of the 2022
workplan and plans to ensure alignment of Subcommittee activities with
ongoing work within HHS. The Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality &
Security will bring forward potential recommendations regarding data
collection and use during public health emergencies for Committee
discussion and consideration. The Subcommittee also plans to discuss
and consider recommendations from the July 14 hearing on Security in
Healthcare. The Committee will conduct follow up on its April 1, 2021,
expert panel session, ``Covid-19: Capacity, Gaps & Quality in
Collection of Race/Ethnicity Data,'' to explore the need for
recommendations to HHS. A new Work Group of the Committee will discuss
standards and practices for collection, use, measurement, and reporting
of social determinants of health (SDOH) and sexual orientation and
gender identity (SOGI).
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 on the NCVHS website for any
updates to this information: <a href="https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/">https://ncvhs.hhs.gov/</a>.
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. 2021-28341 Filed 12-29-21; 8:45 am]
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