Department of Health and Human Services August 28, 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

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 ``Cruise Operator COVID-19 Response Plans,'' which will provide CDC with the ability require cruise ship operators to submit plans outlining their response procedures for preventing the spread of COVID-19 onboard, and for preventing the use of scarce U.S. domestic resources in response to COVID-19 cases originating on cruise ships.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing efforts to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on ``Availability, Use, and Public Health Impact of Emergency Supply Kits among Disaster- Affected Populations.'' The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy and public health impact of emergency supply kits among disaster-affected populations to understand how emergency supply kits are used during and after a natural disaster, if public health outcomes are associated with access to emergency supply kits, and what the most useful items to include in an emergency supply kit are across different types of disasters.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee. The general function of the committee is to provide advice to the Commissioner, or designee, on complex issues relating to medical devices, the regulation of devices, and their use by patients. The meeting will be open to the public.

The Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has decided, after completion of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and a thorough consideration of the public comments on the Draft EIS, to implement the Proposed Action, referred to as the Proposed Action in the Final EIS. The Surgery, Radiology and Laboratory Medicine (SRLM) action is for construction of an additional 527,100 gross square feet (gsf) to the exiting Building 10. In addition to 527,100 gsf of space in the new building, the Proposed Action will include renovation of 102,600 gsf of existing space within the West Laboratory Wing of the Clinical Research Center. The footprint of the SRLM will occupy 55,500 gsf. A proposed patient parking garage is also included in the proposed action. The proposed garage will be a multi-level, self-park garage, accommodating approximately 780 cars.

This final rule refines how the Office of Head Start uses deficiencies, Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Pre-K (CLASS[supreg]) scores, and audit findings for designation renewal. It also streamlines and updates the regulatory provisions on designation renewal to make them easier to understand.