Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting

of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing (SACGT), U.S.

Public Health Service. The meeting will be held at the Doubletree

Hotel, Regency Ballroom, 1750 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20852,

starting on October 25, 1999 at approximately 9:00 a.m. and will recess

at approximately 5:30 p.m. The meeting will reconvene on October 26,

1999 at approximately 8:00 a.m. and will adjourn at approximately 5:00

p.m. The meeting will be open to the public. Attendance by the public

will be limited by the space available. The committee will continue

deliberations begun at its first meeting in June on questions related

to the oversight of genetic testing, and it will finalize plans for

gathering public perspectives on those questions. A limited period of

time will be provided for public comment, and individuals

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interested in participating in the public comment period should contact

Ms. Sarah Carr, SACGT Executive Secretary, as shown below.

Under authority of 42 U.S.C. 217a, Section 222 of the Public Health

Service Act, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services

(DHHS) established the SACGT to advise and make recommendations to the

Secretary through the Assistant Secretary for Health on all aspects of

the development and use of genetic tests. The SACGT is directed to: (1)

Recommended policies and procedures for the safe and effective

incorporation of genetic technologies into health care; (2) assess the

effectiveness of existing and future measures for oversight of genetic

tests; (3) and identify research needs related to the Committee's

purview.

Further information about the SACGT is available at the following

web site: http://www.nih.gov/od/orda/sacgtdocs.htm. A draft meeting

agenda will be posted to the site prior to the meeting. Individuals who

wish to provide public comments should notify Ms. Carr, by telephone at

301-496-9838 or E-mail at [email protected] as soon as possible and

provide a copy of their remarks to Ms. Carr by October 15, 1999. Those

who plan to attend the meeting and need special assistance, such as

sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should

notify Ms. Carr at 301-496-9838. The SACGT office is located at 6000

Executive Boulevard, Suite 302, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

Dated: September 13, 1999.

Sarah Carr,

Executive Secretary, SACGT.

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