Notices. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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BILLING CODE 8320-01-P DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee; (Amended) Notice of Meeting The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA)gives notice under the Federal Advisory Committee Act that the Veterans' Rural Health Advisory Committee will meet on November 1-2, 2017. The meeting will be held at 333 John Carlyle St., 4th Floor Conference Room, in Alexandria, VA 22314 on November 1-2; both meeting sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m.
(EST)each day and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. (EST). The meetings are open to the public. The purpose of the Committee is to advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on rural health care issues affecting Veterans. The Committee examines Programs and policies that impact the delivery of VA rural health care to Veterans and discusses ways to improve and enhance VA access to rural health care services for Veterans. The agenda will include updates from Department leadership, the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services, Director Office of Rural Health and Committee Chairman, as well as presentations on general health care access. Public comments will be received at 4:30 p.m. on November 1, 2017. Interested parties should contact Ms. Judy Bowie, via email at *VRHAC@va.gov,* via fax at
(202)632-8615, or by mail at 810 Vermont Avenue NW. (10P1R), Washington, DC 20420. Individuals wishing to speak are invited to submit a 1-2 page summary of their comment for inclusion in the official meeting record. Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Ms. Bowie at the phone number or email address noted above. Dated: October 4, 2017. LaTonya L. Small, Federal Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2017-22449 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]