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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
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Advisory Committee on Training in
Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry;
Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Public Law 92–463), notice is hereby
given of the following meeting:
Name: Advisory Committee on
Training in Primary Care Medicine and
Dentistry.
Date and Time: September 28, 2006,
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. and September 29,
2006, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
Place: Hilton Hotel, 620 Perry
Parkway, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20877.
Status: The meeting will be open to
the public.
Purpose: The Advisory Committee
provides advice and recommendations
on a broad range of issues dealing with
programs and activities authorized
under section 747 of the Public Health
Service Act as amended by The Health
Professions Education Partnership Act
of 1998, Public Law 105–392. At this
meeting the Advisory Committee will
work on its sixth report which will be
submitted to Congress and to the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services. The report will
focus on the role of Title VII, section
747 grant programs in preparing
primary care practitioners to care for
underserved high-risk groups and
vulnerable populations.
Agenda: The meeting on Thursday,
September 28, will begin with opening
comments from the Chair of the
Advisory Committee and introductory
remarks from senior management of the
Health Resources and Services
Administration. A plenary session will
follow in which there will be a brief
review of six papers commissioned for
the Advisory Committee’s sixth report.
The Advisory Committee will develop a
definition of ‘‘vulnerability’’ for the
report. In both small groups and in the
plenary session, the Advisory
Committee will determine
recommendations for the report. There
will be an annual election for chair and
two vice chairs. An opportunity will be
provided for public comment.
On Friday, September 29, the
Advisory Committee will discuss in the
plenary session how the commissioned
papers will be used in the sixth report,
determine an initial outline for the
report, and discuss how grantee data
will be incorporated. Small groups will
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draft a report abstract, expand the
report’s outline, and determine
commentary to accompany grantee data.
Grantee anecdotal information will also
be considered for the report. The
Advisory Committee will plan next
steps in the report preparation process.
An opportunity will be provided for
public comment.
For Further Information Contact:
Anyone interested in obtaining a roster
of members or other relevant
information should write or contact
Jerilyn K. Glass, M.D., Ph.D., Division of
Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of
Health Professions, Health Resources
and Services Administration, Room 9A–
27, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
Telephone (301) 443–6785. The Web
address for information on the Advisory
Committee is https://bhpr.hrsa.gov/
medicine-dentistry/actpcmd.
Dated: August 21, 2006.
Cheryl R. Dammons,
Director, Division of Policy Review and
Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Notice of availability of Draft Policy
Documents for Comment
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
AGENCY:
Notice of availability and
solicitation of comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This is a Notice of
Availability and request for comments
on certain draft policy documents
prepared by HRSA’s Bureau of Primary
Health Care (BPHC). HRSA plans to
periodically make some draft policy
documents (including draft Program
Information Notices (PINs)) available for
public comment on the Internet at
https://bphc.hrsa.gov. Comments will be
reviewed and analyzed, and a summary
and general response will be published
as soon as possible after the deadline for
receipt of comments.
We must receive comments on or
before the due date specified for each
document.
DATES:
Addresses to which
comments should be sent will be
provided on the HRSA Web site along
with each draft document.
ADDRESSES:
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Background:
HRSA administers the Consolidated
Health Center Program, which supports
more than 3,700 health care delivery
sites, including community health
centers, migrant health centers, health
care for the homeless centers, and
public housing primary care centers.
Health centers serve clients that are
primarily low income and minorities,
and deliver preventive and primary care
services to patients regardless of their
ability to pay. Charges for health care
services are set according to income.
HRSA believes that community input
is valuable to the development of
policies and policy documents related
to the implementation of HRSA
programs, including the Consolidated
Health Center Program. Therefore,
HRSA will periodically, as appropriate,
solicit comments on some policies and
policy documents via the HRSA Web
site. This will provide all interested
parties with equal access to the
proposed document and an opportunity
to comment. In some cases, HRSA may
solicit comments on new, proposed
policies. In other cases, HRSA may seek
comments on documents that represent
a written statement of an alreadyexisting policy. In these situations,
although the policy is being actively
applied during the comment period, the
written document may be adjusted after
the comments are reviewed and
analyzed.
For
questions regarding the process
described above, please contact
Shannon Dunne Faltens, Senior Public
Health Analyst, Division of Policy and
Development, Bureau of Primary Health
Care, at sdunne-faltens@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Note that
HRSA will not publish an individual
Federal Register notice for each
document made available for public
comment. The applicability of this
notice to BPHC policy documents
expires 2 years from the date of
publication of this notice. Within one
year after the publication of this notice,
HRSA will publish a second notice to
ensure that the public remains aware of
this process.
Federal Register notices will continue
to be published inviting public
comment on all information collection
activities that fall under the purview of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: August 17, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of availability of Draft Policy Documents for Comment
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability and solicitation of comments.
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SUMMARY: This is a Notice of Availability and request for comments on
certain draft policy documents prepared by HRSA's Bureau of Primary
Health Care (BPHC). HRSA plans to periodically make some draft policy
documents (including draft Program Information Notices (PINs))
available for public comment on the Internet at https://bphc.hrsa.gov.
Comments will be reviewed and analyzed, and a summary and general
response will be published as soon as possible after the deadline for
receipt of comments.
DATES: We must receive comments on or before the due date specified for
each document.
ADDRESSES: Addresses to which comments should be sent will be provided
on the HRSA Web site along with each draft document.
Background:
HRSA administers the Consolidated Health Center Program, which
supports more than 3,700 health care delivery sites, including
community health centers, migrant health centers, health care for the
homeless centers, and public housing primary care centers. Health
centers serve clients that are primarily low income and minorities, and
deliver preventive and primary care services to patients regardless of
their ability to pay. Charges for health care services are set
according to income.
HRSA believes that community input is valuable to the development
of policies and policy documents related to the implementation of HRSA
programs, including the Consolidated Health Center Program. Therefore,
HRSA will periodically, as appropriate, solicit comments on some
policies and policy documents via the HRSA Web site. This will provide
all interested parties with equal access to the proposed document and
an opportunity to comment. In some cases, HRSA may solicit comments on
new, proposed policies. In other cases, HRSA may seek comments on
documents that represent a written statement of an already-existing
policy. In these situations, although the policy is being actively
applied during the comment period, the written document may be adjusted
after the comments are reviewed and analyzed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding the process
described above, please contact Shannon Dunne Faltens, Senior Public
Health Analyst, Division of Policy and Development, Bureau of Primary
Health Care, at sdunne-faltens@hrsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Note that HRSA will not publish an
individual Federal Register notice for each document made available for
public comment. The applicability of this notice to BPHC policy
documents expires 2 years from the date of publication of this notice.
Within one year after the publication of this notice, HRSA will publish
a second notice to ensure that the public remains aware of this
process.
Federal Register notices will continue to be published inviting
public comment on all information collection activities that fall under
the purview of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Dated: August 17, 2006.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
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