[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49507-49508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20069]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management Agency
[Docket ID FEMA-2010-0049]
Recovery Policy, RP9525.4, Emergency Medical Care and Medical
Evacuations
AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is accepting
comments on RP9525.4, Emergency Medical Care and Medical Evacuations.
This is an existing policy that is scheduled for review to ensure that
the Recovery Directorate policies are consistent with current laws and
regulations. This policy identifies the extraordinary emergency medical
care and medical evacuation expenses that are eligible for
reimbursement under the Category B, Emergency Protective Measures
provision of the Public Assistance Program following an emergency or
major disaster declaration.
DATES: Comments must be received by September 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be identified by docket ID FEMA-2010-0049 and
may be submitted by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. Please note that this proposed
policy is not a rulemaking and the Federal Rulemaking Portal is being
utilized only as a mechanism for receiving comments.
Mail: Rules Docket Manager, Office of Chief Counsel, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Room 835, 500 C Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20472-3100.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Atkinson, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or
material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, and will
include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting
this information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy Act
notice, which can be viewed by clicking on the ``Privacy Notice'' link
in the footer of http://www.regulations.gov.
You may submit your comments and material by the methods specified
in the ADDRESSES section above. Please submit your comments and any
supporting material by only one means to avoid the receipt and review
of duplicate submissions.
Docket: The proposed policy is available in docket ID FEMA-2010-
0049. For access to the docket to read background documents or comments
received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov and search for the docket ID. Submitted comments
may also be inspected at FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, Room 835, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472.
II. Background
Sections 403 and 502 of the Stafford Act authorize Federal agencies
to provide assistance, including emergency medical care, essential to
meeting immediate threats to life and property resulting from a major
disaster or emergency, respectively. When the emergency medical
delivery system within the designated disaster area is destroyed or
severely compromised by a disaster event, assistance for emergency
medical care and medical evacuations of disaster survivors from
eligible public and private nonprofit hospitals and custodial care
facilities is available to eligible Public Assistance applicants
through Public Assistance grants, Direct Federal Assistance (DFA), or a
combination of both. When the State and local governments lack the
capability to perform or contract for eligible emergency medical care
or
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medical evacuation work, they may request Direct Federal Assistance
from FEMA. Usually, FEMA will task the appropriate Federal agencies via
mission assignments to perform the requested emergency work. FEMA may
task the Department of Health and Human Services to provide emergency
medical assistance when requested by the State.
The draft updated policy proposes that labor costs for personnel
activated and deployed to support the performance of eligible emergency
medical care and medical evacuations of patients be eligible for
reimbursement.
FEMA seeks comment on the proposed policy, which is available
online at http://www.regulations.gov in docket ID FEMA-2010-0049. Based
on the comments received, FEMA may make appropriate revisions to the
proposed policy. Although FEMA will consider any comments received in
the drafting of the final policy, FEMA will not provide a response to
comments document. When or if FEMA issues a final policy, FEMA will
publish a notice of availability in the Federal Register and make the
final policy available at http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121-5207; 44 CFR part 206.
David J. Kaufman,
Director, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-20069 Filed 8-12-10; 8:45 am]
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