Notices. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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BILLING CODE 6210-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services announces the following advisory committee meeting. NAME: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). JOINT MEETING: Subcommittee on Standards and Security and Workgroup on Computer-based Patient Records.xxx TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., January 31, 2000; 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., February 1, 2000.

PLACE: Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201. STATUS: Open. PURPOSE: The Subcommittee and Working Group will review the first draft of its report to the HHS Secretary on standards for patient medical records information as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Subcommittee will review the recommendations contained in the report, specify proposed revisions in the draft report, and confirm the work plan for the completion of the report.

On the second day, the Subcommittee will be updated on HHS activities related to the implementation of the administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA, will review its overall work plan for the year 2000, and review the first draft of the annual NCVHS report to Congress on implementation of the HIPAA administrative simplification provisions. **Notice:** In the interest of security, the Department has instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey building by non-government employees.

Thus, persons without a government identification card will need to have the guard call for an escort to the meeting. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Substantive program information as well as summaries of meetings and a roster of committee members may be obtained from J. Michael Fitzmaurice, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor for Information Technology, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, 2101 East Jefferson Street, #600, Rockville, MD 20852, phone:

(301)594-3938; or Marjorie S. Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Room 1100, Presidential Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, telephone

(301)458-4245. Information also is available on the NCVHS home page of the HHS website, *http://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/* where an agenda for the meeting will be posted when available. Dated: January 13, 2000. James Scanlon, Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. [FR Doc. 00-1460 File 1-20-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4151-04-M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [30DAY-13-00] Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC)publishes a list of information collection requests under review by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at

(404)639-7090. Send written comments to CDC, Desk Officer; Human Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503. Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice. Proposed Project Supplement to HIV/AIDS Surveillance

(SHAS)Project—New—The National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP). NCHSTP is proposing revisions to the currently-approved questionnaire for the Supplement to HIV/AIDS Surveillance

(SHAS)project (OMB No. 0920-0262). This questionnaire provides detailed information about persons with HIV infection which continues to be of significant interest to public health, community, minority groups and affected groups. Since 1989, the CDC, in collaboration with 12 state and local health agencies, has collected data through the national Supplemental HIV/AIDS Surveillance project. The objective of this project is to obtain increased descriptive information on persons with newly-reported HIV and AIDS infections, including sociodemographic characteristics, risk behaviors, use of health care services, sexual and substance abuse behaviors, minority issues and adherence to therapy. The revised questionnaire will address important emerging surveillance and prevention issues, particularly those related to the recent advances in therapy for HIV infection. This information supplements routine, national HIV/AIDS surveillance and is used to improve CDC's understanding of minority issues related to the epidemic of HIV, target educational efforts to prevent transmission, and improve services for persons with HIV infection. The total annual burden hours are 3500. **Data for Calendar Year 1998** Respondents No. of respondents No. of responses/respondent Avg. burden of response (in hrs.) Georgia 292 1 .75 California 301 1 .75 Michigan 82 1 .75 New Mexico 81 1 .75 Arizona 165 1 .75 Colorado 139 1 .75 Connecticut 229 1 .75 Delaware 43 1 .75 Florida 430 1 .75 S. Carolina 270 1 .75 New Jersey 86 1 .75 Washington 160 1 .75 Dated: January 14, 2000. Nancy Cheal, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [FR Doc. 00-1450 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]