Department of Health and Human Services December 13, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking nominations for membership on CLIAC. CLIAC, consisting of 20 members including the Chair, represents a diverse membership across laboratory specialties, professional roles (laboratory management, technical specialists, physicians, nurses) and practice settings (academic, clinical, public health), and includes a consumer representative. In addition, the Committee includes three ex officio members (or designees), including the Director, CDC; the Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A nonvoting representative from the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) serves as the industry liaison. The Designated Federal Officer or their designee and the Executive Secretary are present at all meetings to ensure meetings are within applicable statutory, regulatory and HHS General Administration manual directives.

Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO) in the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI), Office of the Director (OD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites feedback from stakeholders throughout the scientific research community, clinical practice communities, patient and family advocates, scientific or professional organizations, federal partners, internal NIH stakeholders, and other interested constituents on the development of the fiscal years (FY) 2021-2025 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research. This plan will describe future directions in sexual and gender minority (SGM) health and research to optimize NIH's research investments.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) published a document in the Federal Register on December 9, 2019, requesting information to the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren seeking information to be used in the development of the Initial Report, as required by the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (SGRG). The ACL wishes to change a line in the titling of the notice in order to avoid confusion for potential commenters.

In compliance with of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA has submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public during the review and approval period. OMB may act on HRSA's ICR only after the 30 day comment period for this Notice has closed.

The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) announces the opportunity for non-Federal public and private sector organizations and entities to co-sponsor the 2020 Healthy Aging Regional Workshops (Workshops) and/or the 2021 Healthy Aging Summit (HAS). Opportunity A: 2020 Healthy Aging Regional Workshop co-sponsorship will involve executing a single or series of financially self- sustaining (no federal funds will be provided to the co-sponsor) meetings or workshops to convene healthy-aging stakeholders to support regional action planning and dissemination of information on healthy aging, aging in place, and age-friendly public health systems. Opportunity B: 2021 Healthy Aging Summit co-sponsorship will involve executing a single financially self-sustaining (no federal funds will be provided to the co-sponsor) conference and related activities focused on health promotion and disease prevention research across the lifespan. This Summit will identify critical research needs and highlight the latest science of creating livable communities and improving healthy aging. This co-sponsorship opportunity is not a grant or contract award program and each partner will be responsible for financially supporting its own activities. Potential co-sponsors must have demonstrated interest in and experience with coordinating healthy aging-focused activities, be capable of managing the day-to-day operations associated with the proposed activities, and be willing to participate substantively in the execution of the co-sponsored activity.