83_FR_58483 83 FR 58260 - Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality

83 FR 58260 - Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Service Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 223 (November 19, 2018)

Page Range58260-58261
FR Document2018-25105

The Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM) has scheduled a public meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 223 (Monday, November 19, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58260-58261]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25105]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Service Administration


Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality

AGENCY: Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM) has 
scheduled a public meeting.

DATES: December 4, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET and December 5, 2018, 
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in-person and by webinar. The 
address for the meeting is 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 5W11, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Instructions on how to access the meeting via webcast 
will be provided upon registration.
    Information about ACIM and the agenda for this meeting can be found 
on the ACIM website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html. While this meeting is open to the public, advance 
registration is required. Registration information and information 
about the ACIM can be obtained by accessing: https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/infant-mortality/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David S. de la Cruz, Ph.D., MPH, 
Designated Federal Official (DFO), at HRSA, Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau (MCHB), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443-
0543; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACIM provides advice and recommendations to 
the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on HHS programs and activities that 
focus on reducing infant mortality and improving the health status of 
infants and pregnant women and factors affecting the continuum of care 
with respect to maternal and child health care. ACIM focuses on 
outcomes before, during, and following pregnancy and childbirth, 
strategies to coordinate a myriad of federal, state, local, and private 
programs, efforts that are designed to deal with the health and social 
problems impacting infant mortality, and the implementation of the 
federal Healthy Start Program.
    The meeting agenda is being finalized and tentatively includes 
updates on HRSA, MCHB, and the Healthy Start Program, an introduction 
of members, a briefing on infant mortality and health disparity data in 
the U.S., and future topic areas for ACIM to discuss. Agenda items are 
subject to changes as priorities dictate. The final meeting agenda will 
be available 2 days prior to the meeting on the ACIM website: https://
www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/Infant-Mortality/index.html. Refer to 
the ACIM website for any updated information concerning the meeting.
    Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments 
on the afternoon of December 5, 2018. Written comments must be 
submitted via email to the DFO, David S. de la Cruz, by 12:00 p.m. ET 
on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at [email protected]. Please indicate if 
your comments will be written only or if you are requesting to present 
your comments in person during the meeting. All comments (oral and 
written) will be part of the official meeting record. To ensure all 
individuals who have requested time for oral comments are accommodated, 
the allocated time for each comment will be limited to no more than 3 
minutes. More complete/longer comments should be submitted in writing. 
Individuals associated with groups or who plan to provide comments on 
similar topics may be asked to combine their comments and present them 
through a single representative. No audiovisual

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presentations are permitted. Comments should identify the individual's 
name, address, email, telephone number, professional or organization 
affiliation, background or area of expertise (e.g., parent, family 
member, researcher, clinician, public health, etc.), and the topic/
subject matter. Oral comments must be presented in-person and not via 
phone/webinar.
    Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance or 
another reasonable accommodation should notify David S. de la Cruz at 
the address and phone number listed above at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting. Since this meeting occurs in a federal government building, 
attendees must go through a security check to enter the building. Non-
U.S. Citizen attendees must notify HRSA of their planned attendance at 
least 10 business days prior to the meeting in order to facilitate 
their entry into the building. All attendees are required to present 
government-issued identification prior to entry.

Amy P. McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2018-25105 Filed 11-16-18; 8:45 am]
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58260 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 223 / Monday, November 19, 2018 / Notices (ASRs); (4) FDA-verified status of open In 2018, MEPS–IC, available at information and information about the PMRs/PMCs reported in www.meps.ahrq.gov, published the ACIM can be obtained by accessing: § 314.81(b)(2)(vii) or § 601.70 ASRs; (5) annual 2017 average total single https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory- the status of closed PMRs/PMCs; and (6) premium per enrolled employee at committees/infant-mortality/index.html. the distribution of the status by fiscal private-sector establishments that FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: year of establishment 2 (FY2011 to provide health insurance. The figure David S. de la Cruz, Ph.D., MPH, FY2017) for PMRs and PMCs open at published was $6,368. This figure is Designated Federal Official (DFO), at the end of FY2017, or those closed divided by 12 months to determine the HRSA, Maternal and Child Health within FY2017. Additional information cost per month of $530.67. The $530.67 Bureau (MCHB), 5600 Fishers Lane, about PMRs/PMCs is provided on FDA’s figure is increased or decreased by the Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301–443– website at https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ percentage change reported by the most 0543; or dcruz@hrsa.gov. GuidanceCompliance recent KFF Employer Health Benefits SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACIM RegulatoryInformation/Post-marketing Survey, available at www.kff.org. The provides advice and recommendations PhaseIVCommitments/default.htm. percentage increase from 2017 to 2018 to the Secretary of HHS (Secretary) on Dated: November 13, 2018. was 3.0 percent. By adding this HHS programs and activities that focus Leslie Kux, percentage increase, the calculated on reducing infant mortality and average monthly cost of a health improving the health status of infants Associate Commissioner for Policy. insurance policy for a 12-month period and pregnant women and factors [FR Doc. 2018–25128 Filed 11–16–18; 8:45 am] is $546.59. affecting the continuum of care with BILLING CODE 4164–01–P Therefore, the Secretary announces respect to maternal and child health that the revised average cost of a health care. ACIM focuses on outcomes before, insurance policy under the VICP is DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND during, and following pregnancy and $546.59 per month. In accordance with HUMAN SERVICES childbirth, strategies to coordinate a § 100.2, the revised amount was myriad of federal, state, local, and Health Resources and Services effective upon its delivery by the private programs, efforts that are Administration Secretary to the Court. Such notice was designed to deal with the health and delivered to the Court on November 13, social problems impacting infant National Vaccine Injury Compensation 2018. mortality, and the implementation of Program: Revised Amount of the Dated: November 13, 2018. the federal Healthy Start Program. Average Cost of a Health Insurance George Sigounas, The meeting agenda is being finalized Policy Administrator. and tentatively includes updates on AGENCY: Health Resources and Services [FR Doc. 2018–25087 Filed 11–16–18; 8:45 am] HRSA, MCHB, and the Healthy Start Administration (HRSA), Department of BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Program, an introduction of members, a Health and Human Services (HHS). briefing on infant mortality and health ACTION: Notice. disparity data in the U.S., and future DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND topic areas for ACIM to discuss. Agenda SUMMARY: HRSA is publishing an HUMAN SERVICES items are subject to changes as priorities updated monetary amount of the dictate. The final meeting agenda will average cost of a health insurance policy Health Resources and Service be available 2 days prior to the meeting as it relates to the National Vaccine Administration on the ACIM website: https:// Injury Compensation Program (VICP). www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Infant-Mortality/index.html. Refer to the 100.2 of VICP’s implementing regulation Infant Mortality ACIM website for any updated (42 CFR part 100) states that the revised AGENCY: Health Resources and Service information concerning the meeting. amount of an average cost of a health Administration (HRSA), Department of Members of the public will have the insurance policy, as determined by the Health and Human Services (HHS). opportunity to provide comments on the Secretary of HHS (the Secretary), is ACTION: Notice. afternoon of December 5, 2018. Written effective upon its delivery by the comments must be submitted via email Secretary to the United States Court of SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on to the DFO, David S. de la Cruz, by Federal Claims (the Court), and will be Infant Mortality (ACIM) has scheduled a 12:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November published periodically in a notice in the public meeting. 20, 2018, at dcruz@hrsa.gov. Please Federal Register. This figure is DATES: December 4, 2018, 9:00 a.m.– indicate if your comments will be calculated using the most recent 5:00 p.m. ET and December 5, 2018, written only or if you are requesting to Medical Expenditure Panel Survey- 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. ET. present your comments in person Insurance Component (MEPS–IC) data ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held during the meeting. All comments (oral available as the baseline for the average in-person and by webinar. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesDecember 4, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ET and December 5, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET.
ContactDavid S. de la Cruz, Ph.D., MPH, Designated Federal Official (DFO), at HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443- 0543; or [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 58260 
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