Department of Health and Human Services June 15, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice informs the public of the availability of the complete lists of all geographic areas, population groups, and facilities designated as primary medical care, mental health, and dental health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) as of May 1, 2020. The lists are available on HRSA's HPSAFind website.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled ``Evaluation of Enhancing HIV Prevention Communication and Mobilization Efforts through Strategic Partnerships.'' This collection is designed to assess the extent to which partnership activities meet the overarching goals for dissemination, communication, and implementation of national engagement efforts in support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Ending the HIV Epidemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). NHSN is a public health surveillance system that collects, analyzes, reports, and makes available data for monitoring, measuring, and responding to healthcare associated infections (HAIs), antimicrobial use and resistance, blood transfusion safety events, and the extent to which healthcare facilities adhere to infection prevention practices and antimicrobial stewardship.

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project ``AHRQ Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care Initiative.'' This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2020 and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ did not receive any comments during the aforementioned public comment period. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment.

In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the ICR.

This is to notify the public that the July 29-30, 2020, and November 4-5, 2020, meetings of the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH) are canceled.