Department of Health and Human Services February 4, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces an extension of the timeline for publication of the ``Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Conditions for Coverage for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities'' final rule. This notice is issued in accordance with section 1871(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which requires that a notice be published in the Federal Register if a final regulation, due to exceptional circumstances, will take longer to publish than 3 years after the publication date of the proposed rule. In this case, the complexity of the rule and scope of public comments warrants the extension of the timeline for publication.

The meeting of the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for February 20, 2008, is cancelled. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of December 21, 2007 (72 FR 72737).