Notice2024-05300
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality
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Published
March 13, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces that the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM or Committee) has scheduled a public meeting. Information about ACIMM and the agenda for this meeting can be found on the ACIMM website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant- mortality/index.html.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18424-18425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05300]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal
Mortality
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this
notice announces that the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal
Mortality (ACIMM or Committee) has scheduled a public meeting.
Information about ACIMM and the agenda for this meeting can be found on
the ACIMM website at <a href="https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html">https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html</a>.
DATES:
<bullet> April 2, 2024, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time (CT);
<bullet> April 3, 2024, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. CT; and
<bullet> April 4, 2024, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. CT.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in-person at Delmar Divine, 5501
Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63112 and virtually via webinar.
The webinar link and log-in information will be available at the ACIMM
website before the meeting: <a href="https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html">https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa Lee, MPH, Designated Federal
Official, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443-0543; or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95c6d4d6dcd8d5fde7e6f4bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="144755575d59547c6667753a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACIMM is authorized by section 222 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), as amended. The Committee
is governed by provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Chapter 10), as amended.
ACIMM advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Secretary) on department activities, partnerships, policies, and
programs directed at reducing infant mortality, maternal mortality and
severe maternal morbidity, and improving the health status of infants
and women before, during, and after pregnancy. The Committee provides
advice on how to coordinate federal, state, local, tribal, and
territorial governmental efforts designed to improve infant mortality,
related adverse birth outcomes, maternal health, as well as influence
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similar efforts in the private and voluntary sectors. The Committee
provides guidance and recommendations on the policies, programs, and
resources required to address the disparities and inequities in infant
mortality, related adverse birth outcomes and maternal health outcomes,
including maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. With its
focus on underlying causes of the disparities and inequities seen in
birth outcomes for women and infants, ACIMM advises the Secretary on
the health, social, economic, and environmental factors contributing to
the inequities and proposes structural, policy, and/or systems level
changes.
The agenda for the April 2-4, 2024, meeting is being finalized and
may include the following topics: updates on the federal Healthy Start
program; Committee discussions on the workgroup topics of rural health
care access, social drivers of health, and women's health before/
between pregnancies; federal updates; and remarks from individuals with
lived experience and community members, including those representing
community-based organizations, on how to achieve optimal maternal
health and overall birth outcomes for underserved populations,
including Black/African-American families. Agenda items are subject to
change as priorities dictate. Refer to the ACIMM website listed above
for any updated information concerning the meeting.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide written
or oral comments. Requests to submit a written statement or make oral
comments to ACIMM should be sent to Vanessa Lee, using the email
address above at least 3 business days prior to the meeting. Public
participants may submit written statements in advance of the scheduled
meeting by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#acffedefe5e1ecc4dedfcd82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acffedefe5e1ecc4dedfcd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>. Oral comments will be honored in
the order they are requested and may be limited as time allows.
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance or a
reasonable accommodation should notify Vanessa Lee at the contact
information listed above at least 10 business days prior to the
meeting.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-05300 Filed 3-12-24; 8:45 am]
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