[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 64 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18552-18553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7881]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Seeking Public Comment on Two Draft Chapters of the National
Health Security Strategy Biennial Implementation Plan
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
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Authority: Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300hh-1.
SUMMARY: To help the Nation achieve national health security and to
implement the first quadrennial National Health Security Strategy
(NHSS) of the United States of America (2009) and build upon the NHSS
Interim Implementation Guide for the National Health Security Strategy
of the United States of America (2009) the U.S. Government has drafted
a NHSS Biennial Implementation Plan (BIP). This document is intended to
describe the priority activities to occur during fiscal years 2011 and
2012 of implementation so that all sectors and segments of the Nation
are working collectively and leveraging resources to achieve the same
outcomes. The activities include responsible entities. The target
audience for the BIP is the Nation (individuals, families, communities
including all sectors and governments, states and the Federal
Government).
Two chapters (and respective appendices) of the draft BIP document
which address (1) Strategic Objective 4, Foster Integrated, Scalable
Health Care Delivery Systems; and (2) Strategic Objective 6, Promote
and Effective Countermeasures Enterprise are submitted for public
consideration and comment for a period of 14 calendar days at http://www.phe.gov/nhss. These chapters are the final two to be provided for
public consideration and comment;
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others were available in July 2010. The Office of the Assistant
Secretary of Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) is submitting this document for public
consideration as the lead agency in a broad interagency process to
draft the implementation plan.
DATES: The public is encouraged to submit written comments on this
proposed document. Comments may be submitted to HHS/ASPR in electronic
form at the HHS/ASPR e-mail address and URL shown below. All comments
should be submitted by April 18, 2011. All written comments received in
response to this notice will be available for review by request. This
document is available in hard-copy for all those that request it from
the federal point of contact.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Kaplowitz, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201;
phone: 202-205-2882; http://www.phe.gov/nhss; e-mail address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The National Health Security Strategy (2009) can be found at:
http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/authority/nhss/Pages/default.aspx.
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Nicole Lurie,
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 2011-7881 Filed 4-1-11; 8:45 am]
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