Department of Health and Human Services May 6, 2021 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is hereby giving notice that the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force (Task Force) will hold a virtual meeting on May 28, 2021. The purpose of this meeting is to consider interim recommendations specific to discrimination and xenophobia. This meeting is open to the public and will be live- streamed at www.hhs.gov/live. Information about the meeting will be posted on the HHS Office of Minority Health website: www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/healthequitytaskforce/ prior to the meeting.

The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking nominations for two individuals to serve as non-federal public members on the Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee.

With this final rule, HHS amends existing regulatory text to allow compensation for pathologists who perform autopsies on coal miners at a market rate, on a discretionary basis as needed for public health purposes. HHS has determined that the agency needs additional time to consider the public comments received on the addition of procedures for suspending or revoking B Reader certification, as proposed in the notice of proposed rulemaking preceding this final rule; those procedures will be finalized at a later date.