[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4388]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
42 CFR Part 5
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically
Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas; Notice
of Meeting
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following
meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of
Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage
Areas.
DATES: Meetings will be held on March 8, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.;
March 9, 2011, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and March 10, 2011, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the Radisson Hotel Reagan National
Airport, 2020 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia 22202, (703)
920-8600.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact
Nicole Patterson, Office of Shortage Designation, Bureau of Health
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9A-18,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone (301) 443-9027, E-mail: [email protected] or visit http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Status: The meeting will be open to the
public.
Purpose: The purpose of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on
Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health
Professional Shortage Areas (Committee) is to establish criteria and a
comprehensive methodology for Designation of Medically Underserved
Populations and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas, using
a Negotiated Rulemaking (NR) process. It is hoped that use of the NR
process will yield consensus among technical experts and stakeholders
on a new rule for designation of medically underserved populations and
primary care health professions shortage areas, which would be
published as an Interim Final Rule in accordance with Section 5602 the
Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.
Agenda: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 8; Wednesday,
March 9; and Thursday, March 10. It will include a discussion of
various components of a possible methodology for identifying areas of
shortage and underservice, based on the recommendations of the
Committee in the previous meeting. The Thursday meeting will also
include development of the agenda for the next meeting. Members of the
public will have the opportunity to provide comments during the meeting
on Thursday afternoon, March 10.
Requests from the public to make oral comments or to provide
written comments to the Committee should be sent to Nicole Patterson at
the contact address above at least 10 days prior to the first day of
the meeting, Wednesday, March 8. The meeting will be open to the public
as indicated above, with attendance limited to space available.
Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as
sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should
notify the contact person listed above at least 10 days prior to the
meeting.
The Committee is working to meet the requirement in the Affordable
Care Act under tight timeframes. As work has progressed, it has been
determined that more time will be needed to complete the assignment due
to its complexity, resulting in the Committee's decision to extend
planned meetings. As a result, the logistical challenges encountered
with extending planned meetings and scheduling additional meetings
hindered an earlier publishing of the meeting notice.
Dated: February 23, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-4388 Filed 2-25-11; 8:45 am]
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