Federal Register: November 3, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 212)
DOCID: FR Doc 05-21863
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Meetings:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group
DATES: The Business meeting of the Working Group will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 from 2:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces a meeting of the Citizens' Health Care Working Group (the Working Group) mandated by section 1014 of the Medicare Modernization Act.
SUMMARY:
Citizen's Health Care Working Group,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Section 1014 of Public Law 108-173, (known as the Medicare Modernization Act) directs the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), acting through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to establish a Citizens' Health Care Working Group (Citizen Group). This statutory provision, codified at 42 U.S.C. 299 n., directs the Working Group to: (1) Identify options for changing our health care system so that every American has the ability to obtain quality, affordable health care coverage; (2) provide for a nationwide public debate about improving the health care system; and (3) submit its recommendations to the President and the Congress.
The Citizens' Health Care Working Group is composed of 15 members: the Secretary of DHHS is designated as a member by statute and the Comptroller General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was directed to name the remaining 14 members whose appointments were announced on February 28, 2005.
Working Group Meeting Agenda
The Working Group business meeting on November 15th and 16th will
be devoted to ongoing Working Group business. Topics to be addressed
are expected to include: Working Group partners, plans for community
meetings and other activities to engage the public, questions to be
asked in public engagement activities, and the process for developing recommendations.
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Submission of Written Information
The Working Group invites written submissions on those topics to be
addressed at the Working Group business meeting listed above. In
general, individuals or organizations wishing to provide written
information for consideration by the Citizens' Health Care Working
Group should submit information electronically to
citizenshealth@ahrq.gov. Since all electronic submissions will be
posted on the Working Group Web site, separate submissions by topic
will facilitate review of ideas submitted on each topic by the Working Group and the public.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Caroline Taplin, Citizens' Health Care Working Group, at (301) 4431514 or ctaplin@ahrq.gov. If sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation for a disability is needed, please contact Mr. Donald L. Inniss, Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity Program, Program Support Center, on (301) 443 1144.
The agenda for this Working Group meeting will be available on the Citizens' Working Group Web site, http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also available at that site is a roster of Working Group members. When transcripts of the Group's November 15th16th meeting is completed, it will also be available on the Web site.