Department of Health and Human Services May 20, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) requests public comments about the impact and use of Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program evidence reviews. Members of the public include health care delivery organizations, guideline developers, payers, quality measure developers, research funders, and other organizations, including patient organizations, that have used AHRQ EPC evidence reviews.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of the Commissioner, Headquarters organizations, and Centers have modified their structures.

The Office of Child Care (OCC), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is proposing to collect data for a new Onsite Monitoring System to evaluate grantee compliance with (1) The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act; (2) CCDF Regulations; and (3) The State/ Territory CCDF approved Plan.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled ``The Use of an Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling.'' The draft guidance, when finalized, will explain our intent to exercise enforcement discretion for the declaration of the name ``potassium chloride salt,'' as an alternative to ``potassium chloride,'' in the ingredient statement on the labels of foods that contain potassium chloride as an ingredient.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is correcting a document that appeared in the Federal Register of April 12, 2019. That document was published with the instruction to add a section to the incorrect subpart. This correction is being made to improve the accuracy of the final classification action.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.