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such services and alleviate the buildup
of children waiting in border patrol
stations for placement in shelter care.
Statutory Authority: Awards
announced in this notice are authorized
by Section 462 of the Homeland
Security Act, Public Law 6 U.S.C.
279(b)(A)–(J) and sections 235(a)(5)(C);
235(d) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008,
(8 U.S.C. 1232).
Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Council on Graduate Medical
Education; Notice of Meeting
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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:
Name: Council on Graduate Medical
Education (COGME).
Dates and Times: July 23, 2012, 8:30 a.m.–
5:00 p.m.
July 24, 2012, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Place: Hilton Washington DC/Rockville,
Executive Meeting Center, 1750 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.
Status: The meeting will be open to the
public.
Purpose: The Council on Graduate Medical
Education (the Council), created in 1986, is
authorized by section 762 of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended by section
5103 of the Affordable Care Act.
The Council provides advice and
recommendations to the Secretary of Health
and Human Services and to Congress on a
range of issues including the supply and
distribution of physicians in the United
States, current and future physician shortages
or excesses, issues relating to foreign medical
school graduates, the nature and financing of
medical education training, and the
development of performance measures and
longitudinal evaluation of medical education
programs.
At this meeting, the Council will work on
its 21st report to Congress on restructuring
graduate medical education. Reports are
submitted to the Secretary of the Department
of Health and Human Services; the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions of the Senate; and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives. Some meeting time will be
allotted to discuss performance measures and
longitudinal evaluation of grant programs
over which the Council has legislative
authority.
Agenda: The meeting on Monday, July 23,
2012, will begin with opening comments
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will take place for a chair and vice chair of
the Council. The main agenda item will be
a discussion of issues relating to the 21st
report on restructuring graduate medical
education, with a focus on population need
and fiscal constraint. Discussion topics
include graduate medical education as a
public good, new approaches to increasing
residency positions, newer structural models
for graduate medical education, evaluation of
teaching programs especially in terms of
meeting community needs, and a reexamination of funding mechanisms and
priorities. At the end of the morning session,
current and new members will receive ethics
training in a session closed to the public. The
afternoon session will be devoted to the
development of report recommendations.
The meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012,
will begin with an update and an opportunity
to comment on HRSA’s Bureau of Health
Professions’ development of performance
measures and methods of longitudinal
evaluation specific to the training programs
over which the Council has been given new
authority under the Affordable Care Act.
Much of the agenda will be allotted to small
groups working in closed session and then
reporting back to the full Council. The
Council will plan for a fall meeting, using a
webinar format, and determine report work
to be done in the interim. Both meeting days
will conclude with time for public comment.
For Further Information Contact: For
further information regarding the Council, to
obtain a roster of members, minutes of the
meeting, or other relevant information,
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) 443–7271.
Information can also be found at the
following Web site: https://www.hrsa.gov/
advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/cogme/
index.html.
Dated: June 20, 2012
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority
This notice amends Part R of the
Statement of Organization, Functions
and Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA) (60 FR
56605, as amended November 6, 1995;
as last amended at 77 FR 21565–21568
dated April 10, 2012).
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This notice reflects organizational
changes to the Health Resources and
Services Administration. This notice
updates the functional statement for the
Healthcare Systems Bureau (RR).
Specifically, this notice: (1) Renames
the Division of Health Facilities to the
Division of Poison Control and
Healthcare Facilities (RR9); (2) transfers
the function of the Poison Control
Program from the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR), to the Division of
Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities
(RR9); (3) updates the functional
statement for the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR); and (4) updates the
functional statement for the Division of
Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities
(RR9).
Chapter RR—Healthcare Systems
Bureau
Section RR–10, Organization
Delete in its entirety and replace with
the following:
The Healthcare Systems Bureau (RR)
is headed by the Associate
Administrator, who reports directly to
the Administrator, Health Resources
and Services Administration. The
Healthcare Systems Bureau includes the
following components:
(1) Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR);
(2) Division of Transplantation (RR1);
(3) Division of Vaccine Injury
Compensation (RR4);
(4) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (RR7);
and
(5) Division of Poison Control and
Healthcare Facilities (RR9).
Section RR–20, Functions
(1) Delete the functional statement for
the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR) and replace in its
entirety; and (2) delete the functional
statement for the Division of Health
Facilities and replace in its entirety.
Office of the Associate Administrator
(RR)
The Healthcare Systems Bureau leads
the Agency in providing health care
programs to eligible organizations
around the country. Specifically, (1)
Administers the Organ Transplantation
Program to include the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network to facilitate the allocation of
donor organs to patients waiting for an
organ transplant and the Scientific
Registry of Transplant Recipients that
provides analytic support to the Organ
Procurement and Transplantation
Network in the development and
assessment of organ allocation and other
Organ Procurement and Transplantation
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Network policies; (2) administers the
C.W. Bill Young Cell Transplantation
Program to increase the number of
unrelated blood stem cell transplants
and improve the outcomes of blood
stem cell transplants; (3) administers the
National Cord Blood Inventory to
increase the number of high quality cord
blood units available for
transplantation; (4) develops and
maintains a national program of grants
and contracts to organ procurement
organizations and other entities to
increase the number of organs made
available for transplantation; (5)
manages the national program for
compliance with the Hill-Burton
uncompensated care requirement and
other assurances; (6) directs and
administers a congressionally-directed
grant program for the construction/
renovation/equipping of health care and
other facilities; (7) directs and
administers the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program; (8) manages
and promotes the 340B Drug Pricing
Program; (9) directs and administers the
Poison Center Support, Enhancement,
and Awareness Act; and (10)
implements and administers the
Countermeasures Injury Compensation
Program under PREP Act authorities.
The Countermeasures Injury
Compensation Program administers the
Federal compensation program
established by the Public Readiness and
Emergency Preparedness Act (‘‘PREP
Act’’) enacted as Division C of the
Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal
year 2006, Public Law 109–148, which
added new authorities under the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act to alleviate
concerns about liability related to the
manufacture, testing, development,
distribution, administration, and use of
countermeasures against chemical,
biological, radiological and nuclear
agents of terrorism, epidemics, and
pandemics. The program discharges all
PREP Act authorities regarding
compensation including: (1) Developing
and disseminating requests for benefits
information to inform individuals that
the Countermeasures Injury
Compensation Program exists so that
people requesting benefits do not miss
the 1-year filing deadline; (2) accepting
letters of intent to file requests for
benefits so that individuals preserve
their rights to file by the 1-year
deadline; (3) evaluating requests for
benefits for compensation filed under
the Countermeasures Injury
Compensation Program through medical
review and assessment of
compensability for all complete claims;
(4) processing requests for benefits made
under the Countermeasures Injury
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Compensation Program; (5)
promulgating regulations to create and
revise the Countermeasures Injury
Compensation Program Vaccine Injury
Tables; (6) developing and maintaining
all automated information systems
necessary for Program implementation;
and (7) collecting, analyzing and
disseminating Program information.
manages the national Hill-Burton
Hotline to ensure that consumers
receive timely and accurate information
on the program; and (8) provides
architectural and engineering services to
other Agencies such as the
Administration for Children and
Families and the Food and Drug
Administration.
Division of Poison Control and
Healthcare Facilities (RR9)
The Division of Poison Control and
Healthcare Facilities administers the
Poison Control Program, substantiates
health facilities’ compliance with the
Hill-Burton uncompensated services
assurance, and administers construction
grants under section 1610(b) of the
Public Health Service Act, under the
Health Care and Other Facilities
program, and under the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Public Law 111–148. Specifically, the
Division: (1) Administers the activities
authorized by the Poison Center
Support, Enhancement and Awareness
Act of 2008, which includes: (a)
Maintaining the national toll-free Poison
Help hotline (800–222–1222), (b)
implementing and expanding a national
media campaign to educate the public
and health care providers about
poisoning prevention, and (c) awarding
grants to poison control centers; (2)
administers the process for awarding
new construction and equipment grants,
under section 1610(b), the Health Care
and Other Facilities, and the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act
programs, including ensuring the
delivery of comprehensive architectural
and engineering services and ensuring
compliance with historic preservation
and other laws and regulations related
to construction projects, maintaining a
computerized database of key project
information, and providing technical
assistance in application preparation to
potential grantees under Division grant
programs; (3) monitors grant projects
during construction to assure
compliance with the terms of the award,
including reviewing requests for
changes in scope to grant projects and
obtaining information needed to close
out completed grant projects; (4)
establishes, develops, monitors, and
enforces the implementation of HillBurton regulations, policies, procedures,
and guidelines for use by staff and
health care facilities; (5) maintains a
system for receipt, analysis and
disposition of audit appeals by HillBurton obligated facilities and for
receiving and responding to patient
complaints; (6) manages the recovery or
waiver of recovery of Federal grant
funds process for Titles VI and XVI; (7)
Section RR–30, Delegations of Authority
All delegations of authority and redelegations of authority made to HRSA
officials that were in effect immediately
prior to this reorganization, and that are
consistent with this reorganization,
shall continue in effect pending further
re-delegation.
This reorganization is effective upon
date of signature.
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Dated: June 14, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request; The National
Diabetes Education Program Survey of
the Public
Under the provisions of
Section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) has submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a request to review and approve
the reinstatement without change for the
information collection listed below. The
proposed reinstatement without change
for the information collection was
previously published in the Federal
Register on January 25, 2012, pages
3783–3784 and allowed 60 days for
public comment. The National Institutes
of Health received no comments. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comment.
The National Institutes of Health may
not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, the collection of information that has
been extended, revised, or implemented
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Proposed Collection: Title: The
National Diabetes Education Program
Survey of the Public. Type of
Information Collection Request:
Reinstatement without change for the
approved information collection
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority
This notice amends Part R of the Statement of Organization,
Functions and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) (60 FR 56605, as amended November 6, 1995; as last amended at 77
FR 21565-21568 dated April 10, 2012).
This notice reflects organizational changes to the Health Resources
and Services Administration. This notice updates the functional
statement for the Healthcare Systems Bureau (RR). Specifically, this
notice: (1) Renames the Division of Health Facilities to the Division
of Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities (RR9); (2) transfers the
function of the Poison Control Program from the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR), to the Division of Poison Control and Healthcare
Facilities (RR9); (3) updates the functional statement for the Office
of the Associate Administrator (RR); and (4) updates the functional
statement for the Division of Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities
(RR9).
Chapter RR--Healthcare Systems Bureau
Section RR-10, Organization
Delete in its entirety and replace with the following:
The Healthcare Systems Bureau (RR) is headed by the Associate
Administrator, who reports directly to the Administrator, Health
Resources and Services Administration. The Healthcare Systems Bureau
includes the following components:
(1) Office of the Associate Administrator (RR);
(2) Division of Transplantation (RR1);
(3) Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation (RR4);
(4) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (RR7); and
(5) Division of Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities (RR9).
Section RR-20, Functions
(1) Delete the functional statement for the Office of the Associate
Administrator (RR) and replace in its entirety; and (2) delete the
functional statement for the Division of Health Facilities and replace
in its entirety.
Office of the Associate Administrator (RR)
The Healthcare Systems Bureau leads the Agency in providing health
care programs to eligible organizations around the country.
Specifically, (1) Administers the Organ Transplantation Program to
include the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network to facilitate
the allocation of donor organs to patients waiting for an organ
transplant and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients that
provides analytic support to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation
Network in the development and assessment of organ allocation and other
Organ Procurement and Transplantation
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Network policies; (2) administers the C.W. Bill Young Cell
Transplantation Program to increase the number of unrelated blood stem
cell transplants and improve the outcomes of blood stem cell
transplants; (3) administers the National Cord Blood Inventory to
increase the number of high quality cord blood units available for
transplantation; (4) develops and maintains a national program of
grants and contracts to organ procurement organizations and other
entities to increase the number of organs made available for
transplantation; (5) manages the national program for compliance with
the Hill-Burton uncompensated care requirement and other assurances;
(6) directs and administers a congressionally-directed grant program
for the construction/renovation/equipping of health care and other
facilities; (7) directs and administers the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program; (8) manages and promotes the 340B Drug Pricing
Program; (9) directs and administers the Poison Center Support,
Enhancement, and Awareness Act; and (10) implements and administers the
Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program under PREP Act authorities.
The Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program administers the
Federal compensation program established by the Public Readiness and
Emergency Preparedness Act (``PREP Act'') enacted as Division C of the
Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006, Public Law 109-148,
which added new authorities under the Public Health Service (PHS) Act
to alleviate concerns about liability related to the manufacture,
testing, development, distribution, administration, and use of
countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear
agents of terrorism, epidemics, and pandemics. The program discharges
all PREP Act authorities regarding compensation including: (1)
Developing and disseminating requests for benefits information to
inform individuals that the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program
exists so that people requesting benefits do not miss the 1-year filing
deadline; (2) accepting letters of intent to file requests for benefits
so that individuals preserve their rights to file by the 1-year
deadline; (3) evaluating requests for benefits for compensation filed
under the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program through medical
review and assessment of compensability for all complete claims; (4)
processing requests for benefits made under the Countermeasures Injury
Compensation Program; (5) promulgating regulations to create and revise
the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program Vaccine Injury Tables;
(6) developing and maintaining all automated information systems
necessary for Program implementation; and (7) collecting, analyzing and
disseminating Program information.
Division of Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities (RR9)
The Division of Poison Control and Healthcare Facilities
administers the Poison Control Program, substantiates health
facilities' compliance with the Hill-Burton uncompensated services
assurance, and administers construction grants under section 1610(b) of
the Public Health Service Act, under the Health Care and Other
Facilities program, and under the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act, Public Law 111-148. Specifically, the Division: (1)
Administers the activities authorized by the Poison Center Support,
Enhancement and Awareness Act of 2008, which includes: (a) Maintaining
the national toll-free Poison Help hotline (800-222-1222), (b)
implementing and expanding a national media campaign to educate the
public and health care providers about poisoning prevention, and (c)
awarding grants to poison control centers; (2) administers the process
for awarding new construction and equipment grants, under section
1610(b), the Health Care and Other Facilities, and the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act programs, including ensuring the
delivery of comprehensive architectural and engineering services and
ensuring compliance with historic preservation and other laws and
regulations related to construction projects, maintaining a
computerized database of key project information, and providing
technical assistance in application preparation to potential grantees
under Division grant programs; (3) monitors grant projects during
construction to assure compliance with the terms of the award,
including reviewing requests for changes in scope to grant projects and
obtaining information needed to close out completed grant projects; (4)
establishes, develops, monitors, and enforces the implementation of
Hill-Burton regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines for use
by staff and health care facilities; (5) maintains a system for
receipt, analysis and disposition of audit appeals by Hill-Burton
obligated facilities and for receiving and responding to patient
complaints; (6) manages the recovery or waiver of recovery of Federal
grant funds process for Titles VI and XVI; (7) manages the national
Hill-Burton Hotline to ensure that consumers receive timely and
accurate information on the program; and (8) provides architectural and
engineering services to other Agencies such as the Administration for
Children and Families and the Food and Drug Administration.
Section RR-30, Delegations of Authority
All delegations of authority and re-delegations of authority made
to HRSA officials that were in effect immediately prior to this
reorganization, and that are consistent with this reorganization, shall
continue in effect pending further re-delegation.
This reorganization is effective upon date of signature.
Dated: June 14, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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