[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 53377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21883]
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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: Meeting will be held on September 15, 2011, 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Webinar format.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact
LaCrystal McNair, Center for Healthcare Workforce Analysis, Bureau of
Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room
9-49, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone (301) 443-3578, E-mail: lmcnair@hrsa.gov. Information can
also be found at the following Web site: 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 criteria and a
comprehensive methodology for designation of Medically Underserved
Populations (MUPs) and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas
(HPSAs), 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 MUPs and Primary Care
HPSAs, 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 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 agenda will be available on the Committee's Web
site (http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/) one day prior
to the meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities
dictate.
For members of the public interested in participating in the
webinar, please contact LaCrystal McNair by e-mail at lmcnair@hrsa.gov.
Requests to attend can be made up to two days prior to the meeting.
Participants will receive an e-mail response containing the link to the
webinar. Requests to provide written comments should be sent to
LaCrystal McNair by e-mail at least 10 days prior to the meeting.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide written
comments before and after the meeting.
The Committee is working under tight timeframes to meet the
reporting requirement in the Affordable Care Act. Due to the complexity
of the issue, the Committee has been granted additional time to meet
its final report deadline. As a result, meetings were added to the
Committee schedule. The logistical challenges of expanding the meeting
schedule hindered an earlier publication of this meeting notice.
Dated: August 22, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-21883 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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