Policy Committee

Policy issues & materials

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Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color, or National Origin (CRECNO)

•  9/2003 Statement opposing California ballot initiative Proposition no. 54

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

•  9/2003 Letter from Friends of AHRQ

•  3/2004 Letter from Friends of AHRQ

Contacting Medicare Beneficiaries

•  11/2002 July 2002 Restriction on Contacting Medicare Beneficiaries for Research

Data sharing

•  5/2002  Policy Statement (pdf)

•  5/2002  Letter on Data Sharing

•  3/2003  NIH Statement on Sharing Data

HIPAA Privacy Regulations

• 11/2001  Letter 1 to Secretary Thompson on Impact of Medical Privacy Rule on Research

•   4/2002  Letter 2 to Secretary Thompson regarding Medical Privacy Rule

•   3/2003  AAMC Initiative on Impact of HIPAA on Research

•   4/2003  NIH Website on HIPAA & Research

•   5/2003  MMWR supplement (pdf) (May 2, 2003) on HIPAA & Public Health (sample text)

• 11/2003  ACE testimony on HIPAA and AAMC survey database

• 11/2003  ACE testimony at NCVHS Hearings

NIH Boundary Panel & Integrative Review Groups (IRG)

•  3/2002  Letter 1 to Director, Center for Scientific Review    Response

•  5/2002  Letter 2 to Director, Center for Scientific Review    Response

•   3/2002  Letter re: Biology and Development of Aging (BDA) IRG

•  3/2002  Letter re: Cardiovascular Sciences (CVS) IRG

•  4/2002  Letter re: Oncological Sciences (ONC) IRG

•  5/2002  Letter re: Fundamental Genetics & Population Biology IRG

•  6/2002  Letter re: Digestive Sciences (DIG) IRG

•  8/2002  Letter re: Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Sciences (EMNR) IRG

•  8/2002  Letter re: Renal and Urologic Sciences (RUS) IRG

•  2/2003  Letter re: Respiratory Sciences (RES) IRG

About the Committee

2006 Membership

Policy Committee Procedures (revised April 2002)

Statements of the College