Department of Health and Human Services January 10, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Issuance of Final Policy Directive
The Administration for Native Americans (ANA) is issuing final interpretive rules, general statements of policy and rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice relating to the following Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs): Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS), Social and Economic Development StrategiesTribal Governance (SEDSTG), Social and Economic Development Strategies Assets for Independence (SEDSAFI), Native Language Preservation and Maintenance (Language P&M), Native Language Preservation and MaintenanceEsther Martinez Initiative (LanguageEMI), and Environmental Regulatory Enhancement (ERE). This notice also provides information about how ANA will administer these programs.
Health Center Program
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will transfer the remaining American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Increased Demand for Services (IDS) and a portion of the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) from Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC) of New York, current grantee of record, to Sunset Park Health Council, Inc. in order to ensure the continuity of services to low- income, underserved homeless patients in New York City.
Request for Information on 2,3-Pentanedione and Other Alpha-Diketones Used As Diacetyl Substitutes
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intends to evaluate the scientific data on 2,3-pentanedione (CAS 600- 14-6, also known as pentane-2,3-dione; acetyl propionyl) and other alpha-diketones and develop appropriate communication documents, such as a Current Intelligence Bulletin, Criteria Document and/or other informational products, and potentially establish a Recommended Exposure Limit (REL) for diacetyl substitutes. NIOSH is requesting information on the following: (1) Published and unpublished reports and findings from in vitro and in vivo toxicity studies with 2,3- pentanedione, and other alpha diketones, (2) information on possible health effects observed in workers exposed to 2,3-pentanedione, and other alpha-diketones, (3) information on workplaces and products in which 2,3-pentanedione and other alpha-diketones can be found, (4) description of work tasks and scenarios with a potential for exposure to 2,3-pentanedione and other alpha-diketones, (5) workplace exposure data, and (6) information on control measures (e.g., engineering controls, work practices, personal protective equipment) that are being used in workplaces where potential exposures to 2,3-pentanedione and other alpha diketones occur. Public Comment Period: Comments must be received by February 9, 2011.
Notice of Revised Child Outcomes Framework
This notice announces and informs the public of the revised Head Start Child Outcomes Framework, renamed The Head Start Child Development and Learning Framework: Promoting Positive Outcomes in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children 3-5 Years Old. The Framework was revised to give more prominence to the information part of the initial document. The revisions do not create new requirements on Head Start and delegate agencies. The revised Framework continues to identify the developmental outcomes that Head Start and delegate agencies have been responsible for addressing in their Head Start preschool programs serving 3 to 5 year old children since the original was published in 2000.
Medicare Program; Amendment to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2011
This amendment rescinds the addition and definition of voluntary advance care planning as a specified element of the annual wellness visit that was finalized in the ``Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2011'' that appeared in the November 29, 2010 Federal Register.
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