Department of Health and Human Services April 28, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
Document Number: 2016-09953
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
Compliance Policy Guide on Crabmeat-Fresh and Frozen-Adulteration With Filth, Involving the Presence of Escherichia coli
Document Number: 2016-09951
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a Compliance Policy Guide (CPG) relating to fresh and frozen crabmeat adulteration with filth involving the presence of Escherichia coli (E. coli). The CPG updates the previously issued CPG on this topic. The CPG provides guidance for FDA staff on the level of E. coli in crabmeat at which we may consider the crabmeat to be adulterated with filth.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Postmarket Surveillance
Document Number: 2016-09940
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
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 information collection requirements for postmarket surveillance of medical devices.
American Indians Into Nursing Program; Correction
Document Number: 2016-09939
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service
The Indian Health Service published a document in the Federal Register on March 28, 2016, for the FY 2016 American Indians into Nursing. The notice contained incorrect project period lengths.
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Expansion Supplement Grant to the National Domestic Violence Hotline
Document Number: 2016-09925
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Family Violence and Prevention Services (DFVPS) announces its intent to award a cooperative agreement of up to $3,750,000 as a single-source expansion supplement to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (Hotline) in Austin, TX.
New Animal Drugs; Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Changes of Sponsorship; Correction
Document Number: 2016-09865
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a document in the Federal Register of April 18, 2016 (81 FR 22520), amending the animal drug regulations to reflect application-related actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs) and abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs) during January and February 2016. That rule included two amendatory instructions that cited incorrect sections of 21 CFR part 524.
Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals; Technical Amendment
Document Number: 2016-09784
Type: Rule
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending a final rule published in the Federal Register of November 27, 2015. That final rule established requirements for importers to verify that food they import into the United States is produced consistent with the hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls and standards for produce safety provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), is not adulterated, and is not misbranded with respect to food allergen labeling. The final rule published with some editorial and inadvertent errors. This document corrects those errors.
Medicare Program; FY 2017 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update and Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements
Document Number: 2016-09631
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2016-04-28
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This proposed rule would update the hospice wage index, payment rates, and cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2017. In addition, this rule proposes changes to the hospice quality reporting program, including proposing new quality measures. The proposed rule also solicits feedback on an enhanced data collection instrument and describes plans to publicly display quality measures and other hospice data beginning in the middle of 2017. Finally, this proposed rule includes information regarding the Medicare Care Choices Model (MCCM).
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