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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Proposed Updates to the Bright
Futures Periodicity Schedule as Part of
the HRSA-Supported Preventive
Services Guidelines for Infants,
Children, and Adolescents
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), Department of
Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Periodicity Schedule of
the Bright Futures Recommendations for
Pediatric Preventive Health Care
(‘‘Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule’’),
as part of the HRSA-supported
preventive service guidelines for
infants, children, and adolescents, is
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maintained in part through a national
cooperative agreement, the Bright
Futures Pediatric Implementation
Program.
Members of the public are
invited to provide written comments no
later than September 21, 2020. All
comments received on or before this
date will be reviewed and considered by
the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule
Workgroup and provided for further
consideration by HRSA in determining
the recommended updates that it will
support.
DATES:
Members of the public
interested in providing comments can
do so by accessing the public comment
web page at: https://mchb.hrsa.gov/
maternal-child-health-topics/childhealth/bright-futures.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bethany Miller, HRSA, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, email: BMiller@
hrsa.gov, telephone: (301) 945–5156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bright
Futures Program has been funded as a
cooperative agreement by HRSA since
1990. A primary focus of this program
is for the funding recipient to maintain
and update the Bright Futures
Guidelines for Health Supervision of
Infants, Children and Adolescents, a set
of materials and tools for providing
quality preventive care screenings and
well-child visits. One component of
these tools is the Bright Futures
Periodicity Schedule, a chart that
identifies the recommended screenings,
assessments, physical examinations,
and procedures to be delivered within
preventive checkups at each age
milestone. Over the program’s existence,
the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule
has become the accepted schedule
within the United States for preventive
health services through the course of a
child’s development.
Under the Public Health Service Act,
non-grandfathered group health plans
and health insurance issuers must
include coverage, without cost sharing,
for certain preventive services, for plan
years (in the individual market, policy
years) that begin on or after the date that
is one year after the date the
recommendation or guideline is issued.
These include preventive health
services provided for in the Bright
Futures Periodicity Schedule as part of
the HRSA-supported Preventive
Services Guidelines for Infants,
Children, and Adolescents. A panel of
pediatric primary care experts convened
to review the latest evidence and
recommends updating the Bright
Futures Periodicity Schedule to include
screening all individuals ages 18 and
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older at least once for hepatitis C virus
infection. This proposed update aligns
with the United States Preventive
Services Task Force’s recommendation
that all adults ages 18 to 79 be screened
at least once for hepatitis C virus
infection.
The American Academy of Pediatrics,
which has been the HRSA cooperative
agreement recipient for this program
since 2007, maintains the Periodicity
Schedule. Under HRSA’s cooperative
agreement with the American Academy
of Pediatrics, the Bright Futures
Program is required to administer a
process for developing and regularly
recommending, as needed, updates to
the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule.
As described in the Notice of Funding
Opportunity for the Bright Futures
Program (HRSA–18–078), the
consideration of potential updates is
expected to be ‘‘a comprehensive,
objective, and transparent review of
available evidence that incorporates
opportunity for public comment.’’
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Proposed Updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule as
Part of the HRSA-Supported Preventive Services Guidelines for Infants,
Children, and Adolescents
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Periodicity Schedule of the Bright Futures Recommendations
for Pediatric Preventive Health Care (``Bright Futures Periodicity
Schedule''), as part of the HRSA-supported preventive service
guidelines for infants, children, and adolescents, is maintained in
part through a national cooperative agreement, the Bright Futures
Pediatric Implementation Program.
DATES: Members of the public are invited to provide written comments no
later than September 21, 2020. All comments received on or before this
date will be reviewed and considered by the Bright Futures Periodicity
Schedule Workgroup and provided for further consideration by HRSA in
determining the recommended updates that it will support.
ADDRESSES: Members of the public interested in providing comments can
do so by accessing the public comment web page at: https://mchb.hrsa.gov/maternal-child-health-topics/child-health/bright-futures.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bethany Miller, HRSA, Maternal and
Child Health Bureau, email: [email protected], telephone: (301) 945-
5156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bright Futures Program has been funded
as a cooperative agreement by HRSA since 1990. A primary focus of this
program is for the funding recipient to maintain and update the Bright
Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children and
Adolescents, a set of materials and tools for providing quality
preventive care screenings and well-child visits. One component of
these tools is the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule, a chart that
identifies the recommended screenings, assessments, physical
examinations, and procedures to be delivered within preventive checkups
at each age milestone. Over the program's existence, the Bright Futures
Periodicity Schedule has become the accepted schedule within the United
States for preventive health services through the course of a child's
development.
Under the Public Health Service Act, non-grandfathered group health
plans and health insurance issuers must include coverage, without cost
sharing, for certain preventive services, for plan years (in the
individual market, policy years) that begin on or after the date that
is one year after the date the recommendation or guideline is issued.
These include preventive health services provided for in the Bright
Futures Periodicity Schedule as part of the HRSA-supported Preventive
Services Guidelines for Infants, Children, and Adolescents. A panel of
pediatric primary care experts convened to review the latest evidence
and recommends updating the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule to
include screening all individuals ages 18 and older at least once for
hepatitis C virus infection. This proposed update aligns with the
United States Preventive Services Task Force's recommendation that all
adults ages 18 to 79 be screened at least once for hepatitis C virus
infection.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, which has been the HRSA
cooperative agreement recipient for this program since 2007, maintains
the Periodicity Schedule. Under HRSA's cooperative agreement with the
American Academy of Pediatrics, the Bright Futures Program is required
to administer a process for developing and regularly recommending, as
needed, updates to the Bright Futures Periodicity Schedule. As
described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Bright Futures
Program (HRSA-18-078), the consideration of potential updates is
expected to be ``a comprehensive, objective, and transparent review of
available evidence that incorporates opportunity for public comment.''
Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
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