Department of Health and Human Services July 30, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project in Rochester, New York, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On July 13, 2010, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the Mound Plant in Miamisburg, Ohio, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On July 14, 2010, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from the Downey Facility in Los Angeles County, California, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On July 13, 2010, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

HHS gives notice of a decision to designate a class of employees from BWX Technologies, Inc., in Lynchburg, Virginia, as an addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. On July 13, 2010, the Secretary of HHS designated the following class of employees as an addition to the SEC:

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a report entitled ``A New Approach to Targeting Inspection Resources and Identifying Patterns of Adulteration: The Reportable Food Registry.'' The report presents FDA's experience with the Reportable Food Registry (RFR or the Registry) from the opening of the Reportable Food electronic portal on September 8, 2009, until March 31, 2010.

Section 1101 of Title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Affordable Care Act) requires that the Secretary establish, either directly or through contracts with States or nonprofit private entities, a temporary high risk health insurance pool program to provide affordable health insurance coverage to uninsured individuals with pre-existing conditions. This program will continue until January 1, 2014, when Exchanges established under sections 1311 and 1321 of the Affordable Care Act will be available for individuals to obtain health insurance coverage. This interim final rule implements requirements in section 1101 of the Affordable Care

This notice requests comments from the public for our consideration in developing the Secretary's recommendations for legislative changes to improve the quality of care provided to children under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, including recommendations for quality reporting by the States. The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide to Congress recommendations for legislative changes to improve the quality of care provided to children under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.