Department of Health and Human Services December 27, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This document corrects a technical error that appeared in the November 17, 2010 Federal Register entitled ``Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2011; Changes in Certification Requirements for Home Health Agencies and Hospices'' final rule (75 FR 70372).

Statement of Organizations, Functions, and Delegations of Authority. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has reorganized the Office of Head Start (OHS). This reorganization creates the Grants and Contracts Division and the State Initiatives Division. It renames the Educational Development and Partnership Division, titling it the Education and Comprehensive Services Division. It also renames the Immediate Office of Head Start, the Office of the Director. Additionally, it renames the Policy and Budget Division, the Policy and Planning Division.

The meeting of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee scheduled for February 9, 2011, is cancelled. This meeting was announced in the Federal Register of December 6, 2010 (75 FR 75680). On February 9, 2011, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee was scheduled to discuss biologics license application (BLA) 125377, with the proposed trade name YERVOY (ipilimumab), submitted by Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. The proposed indication (use) for this product is for the treatment of advanced melanoma in patients who have received prior therapy. This meeting has been cancelled because the issues for which FDA was seeking the scientific input of the committee have been resolved.