Department of Health and Human Services October 8, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
Document Number: 2019-21965
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
The invention listed below is owned by an agency of the U.S. Government and is available for licensing to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Partnership Program, OMB approval number 0985-NEW
Document Number: 2019-21906
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing an opportunity for the public to review substantive changes to the proposed collection of information listed above. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information.
Notice of Single Source Award to the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center
Document Number: 2019-21904
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
In FY 2019, HRSA provided $788,000 in additional funding to The University of Iowa for the Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center and extended the project period for 12 months.
Proposed Changes to the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program
Document Number: 2019-21903
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
On May 22, 2019, HRSA published a 30-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting feedback on a range of issues pertaining to the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Program to assist the agency in updating certain SDS policies. HRSA requested feedback on adjusting funding allocations to respond to projected workforce shortages, transitioning data collection from 1 year of data to a 3- year average to demonstrate eligibility, and increasing the maximum scholarship award from $30,000 to $40,000. As a result of HRSA's comprehensive review of existing policies, and taking into consideration the comments received, HRSA is issuing this final notice.
Submission for OMB Review; Head Start (HS) Connects: Individualizing and Connecting Families to Family Support Services (New Collection)
Document Number: 2019-21893
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks approval to conduct semi-structured, qualitative interviews with Head Start staff, parents/ guardians, and community providers at six Head Start programs for case studies that explore case management and coordination of family support services.
Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2020 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Correction
Document Number: 2019-21865
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This document corrects technical and typographical errors in the final rule that appeared in the August 16, 2019 issue of the Federal Register titled ``Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2020 Rates; Quality Reporting Requirements for Specific Providers; Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs Requirements for Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals.''
National Inventory for Poliovirus Containment: Minimizing Risk of Poliovirus Release From Laboratories in the United States; Availability
Document Number: 2019-21864
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
The United States National Authority for Containment of Poliovirus (NAC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the availability of the National Inventory for Poliovirus Containment survey. This survey is designed to collect relevant laboratory inventory data to ensure facilities throughout the United States are in compliance with requirements established in the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan (GAPIII), as adapted for the WHO Region of the Americas. Per GAPIII, each country is required to complete a national inventory of poliovirus-containing materials, including poliovirus potentially infectious materials (PIM).
National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2019-21853
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting
Document Number: 2019-21851
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2019-21850
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2019-21849
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings
Document Number: 2019-21845
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Collection of Conflict of Interest Information for Participation in Food and Drug Administration Non-Employee Fellowship and Traineeship Programs
Document Number: 2019-21839
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records
Document Number: 2019-21768
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
In accordance with requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is updating an existing system of records maintained by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), system No. 09-70-0550, titled ``Medicare Retiree Drug Subsidy Program'' (RDSP), and renaming it ``Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS), HHS/CMS/CM.'' This system collects and maintains information about individuals who are qualifying covered retirees so that accurate and timely subsidy payments may be made to plan sponsors who continue to offer actuarially equivalent prescription drug coverage to the qualifying covered retirees.
Medicare Program; Town Hall Meeting on the FY 2021 Applications for New Medical Services and Technologies Add-On Payments
Document Number: 2019-21750
Type: Notice
Date: 2019-10-08
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
This notice announces a Town Hall meeting in accordance with section 1886(d)(5)(K)(viii) of the Social Security Act (the Act) to discuss fiscal year (FY) 2021 applications for add-on payments for new medical services and technologies under the hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Interested parties are invited to this meeting to present their comments, recommendations, and data regarding whether the FY 2021 new medical services and technologies applications meet the substantial clinical improvement criterion.
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