Department of Health and Human Services November 8, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) invites comment relating to the listing requirements of other countries and FDA's approach to facilitating U.S. industry compliance with these requirements through the issuance of export certification for human food products provided in the form of lists (export lists).

This notice announces the establishment of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Health Equity Advisory Committee (the "Committee") and solicits nominations for members to be appointed to the Committee by the Director of the CMS Office of Minority Health. The Committee is established to advise and make recommendations to CMS on the identification and resolution of systemic barriers to accessing CMS programs that hinder quality of care for beneficiaries and consumers. The Committee will focus on health disparities in underserved communities, which are populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, such as but not limited to Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality as defined in the Executive Order, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.

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 continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled One Health Harmful Algal Bloom System (OHHABS). This data collection is designed to support the understanding and prevention of Health Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) and HAB-associated illnesses.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the Advisory Board). This is a virtual meeting. It is open to the public, with a public comment period. The public is also welcome to submit written comments in advance of the meeting, to the contact person listed in the addresses section below. The public is also welcomed to listen to the meeting by joining the teleconference (information below), limited only by the number of audio conference lines available (150).

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.