[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50442-50443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20690]
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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 September 20, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 6
p.m.; September 21, 2011, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and September 22, 2011, 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the Legacy Hotel and Meeting
Centre, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 881-2300.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact
Jessica Sitko, Office of Policy Coordination,
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Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Room 9-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6861, 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 is to establish a 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 a 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 of
the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.
Agenda: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20;
Wednesday, September 21; and Thursday, September 22. It will include a
review of previous decisions and analyses regarding the proposed
methodologies for identifying areas of shortage and underservice that
are based on the recommendations of the Committee in the previous
meeting. The Committee will seek to make final recommendations based on
these analyses and deliberations. The Committee's final report is due
to the Secretary by the end of October.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments
during the meeting on Friday afternoon. Requests from the public to
make oral comments or to provide written comments to the Committee
should be sent to Jessica Sitko at the contact address above at least
10 days prior to the first day of the meeting, Wednesday, September 20.
The meetings 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.
Dated: August 10, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-20690 Filed 8-12-11; 8:45 am]
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