Department of Health and Human Services 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.
Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
The inventions listed below are owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage for companies and may also be available for licensing.
Guidance for Industry on Registration and Product Listing for Owners and Operators of Domestic Tobacco Product Establishments; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of the guidance entitled ``Registration and Product Listing for Owners and Operators of Domestic Tobacco Product Establishments.'' The guidance document is intended to assist persons making tobacco product establishment registration and product listing submissions to FDA under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act).
Implementation of OMB Guidance on Drug-Free Workplace Requirements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is removing its regulation implementing the Governmentwide common rule on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance, and issuing a new regulation to adopt Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. This regulatory action implements the OMB's initiative to streamline and consolidate into one title of the CFR all Federal regulations on drug-free workplace requirements for financial assistance. These changes constitute an administrative simplification that would make no substantive change in HHS policy or procedures for drug-free workplace.
Memorandum of Understanding Between the Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between FDA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The purpose of the MOU is for cooperation and information sharing in the inspection of fish and fishery products and establishments.
Grants for Research Projects
The National Institutes of Health is amending the current regulations governing grants for research projects by revising the definition of Principal Investigator to mean one or more individuals designated by the grantee in the grant application and approved by the Secretary, who is or are responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the project, rather than limiting the role of Principal Investigator to one single individual; and the conditions for multiple or concurrent awards pursuant to one or more applications.
International Conference on Harmonisation; Draft Guidance on E7 Studies in Support of Special Populations; Geriatrics; Questions and Answers; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled ``E7 Studies in Support of Special Populations: Geriatrics; Questions & Answers.'' The draft guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The draft questions and answers
Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Combination Products; Extension of Comment Period
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending to February 5, 2010, the comment period for the proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of September 23, 2009. In the proposed rule, FDA requested comments on current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) requirements applicable to combination products. The agency is taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.
Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective Payment System; Rate Update for Calendar Year 2010
This final rule sets forth an update to the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) rates; the national standardized 60-day episode rates, the national per-visit rates, the non-routine medical supply (NRS) conversion factors, and the low utilization payment amount (LUPA) add-on payment amounts, under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health agencies effective January 1, 2010. This rule also updates the wage index used under the HH PPS. In addition, this rule changes the HH PPS outlier policy, requires the submission of OASIS data as a condition for payment under the HH PPS, implements a revised Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS-C) for episodes beginning on or after January 1, 2010, and implements a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Home Health Care Survey (HHCAHPS) affecting payment to HHAs beginning in CY 2012. Also, this rule makes payment safeguards that will improve our enrollment process, improve the quality of care that Medicare beneficiaries receive from HHAs, and reduce the Medicare program's vulnerability to fraud. This rule also adds clarifying language to the ``skilled services'' section and Conditions of Participation (CoP) section of our regulations. This rule also clarifies the coverage of routine medical supplies under the HH PPS.
Office of Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology; Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reorganizing a portion of two offices, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology (ASRT) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (ASAM), both of which are located within the Office of the Secretary (OS). The reorganization is designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of these two offices by consolidating the resource-related functions, including budget, grants, acquisition, finance, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) coordination, under ASRT and the administrative functions under ASAM. The titles of the Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology (ASRT) and the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (ASAM) will also be changed to the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) and Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA), respectively. This reorganization also will transfer support for the Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) from ASAM to ASRT, while maintaining the Office's same direct-line reporting structure to the Deputy Secretary. Finally, this reorganization will transfer direct- line reporting of the Office of the Chief Information Office from ASRT to the Deputy Secretary while moving day-to-day support for OCIO from ASRT to ASA.
Prospective Granting of an Exclusive License
This is a notice in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(e) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i) that the Technology Transfer Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is contemplating the granting of an exclusive worldwide license to practice the invention embodied in the patent application referred to below to International Rollforms, Inc., having a place of business in Deptford, New Jersey. CDC intends to grant rights to practice this invention to no other licensees. The patent rights in this invention have been assigned to the government of the United States of America. The patent to be licensed is:
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) Database (NCI)
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Guidance for Industry: Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of West Nile Virus from Donors of Whole Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion; Availability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a document entitled ``Guidance for Industry: Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of West Nile Virus from Donors of Whole Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion,'' dated November 2009. This guidance is intended for establishments that collect Whole Blood and blood components intended for transfusion. The document provides recommendations for testing of donations of Whole Blood and blood components for West Nile Virus (WNV) using an FDA-licensed donor screening assay. FDA believes that the use of a licensed nucleic acid test (NAT) will reduce the risk of transmission of WNV, and therefore recommends use of a licensed NAT to screen donors of Whole Blood and blood components intended for transfusion. The guidance announced in this notice finalizes the recommendations as to Whole Blood and blood components contained in the draft guidance ``Guidance for Industry: Use of Nucleic Acid Tests to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of West Nile Virus from Donors of Whole Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion and Donors of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps),'' dated April 2008. The recommendations as to HCT/P donor specimens contained in the draft guidance are not being finalized at this time because FDA believes additional public discussion is warranted.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Bar Code Label Requirement for Human Drug and Biological Products
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the bar code label requirements for human drug and biological products.
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) (NCI)
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Update to the Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities
HHS gives notice of the release of an update to The Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), 42 U.S.C. 7484-7385.
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