Health Resources and Services Administration April 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

HRSA is soliciting comments and recommendations regarding HRSA's intent to establish the HRSA Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) and is seeking nominations of qualified tribal officials as candidates for consideration for appointment as voluntary delegate members of the HRSA TAC. Due to delays caused by the global impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), HRSA is extending the deadline for the submissions of nominations of qualified tribal officials for consideration for appointment as voluntary delegate members of the HRSA TAC. Nominations for membership must now be received on or before July 6, 2020. This 60-day extension will allow tribes and tribal serving organizations the additional time needed to identify qualified tribal officials as candidates and submit comprehensive nomination packages.

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.

In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice announces that the Secretary's Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) has scheduled a public meeting. Information about ACCV and the agenda for this meeting can be found on the ACCV website at https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/vaccines.

The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, 2020, and Wednesday, May 13, 2020, has changed its format, date, and time. The meeting will now be a one-day webinar and conference call only on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, from 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The decision to adjust the NACNEP meeting has been made after carefully examining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations to restrict all non-essential travel, and the widespread health risks posed by COVID-19 to the American public. The webinar link, conference number, meeting materials, and updates for the May 12, 2020, meeting will be available on the NACNEP website: https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory- committees/nursing/meetings.html.

Pursuant to its authority under federal regulations for the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), HRSA's Division of Practitioner Data Bank announces a temporary waiver of user fees for NPDB queries from March 1, 2020, through May 31, 2020, to support our eligible entities in making credentialing, hiring, privileging, and licensing decisions in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic. The waiver includes all one-time queries and continuous queries during the waiver time period. Fees for self-queries will not be waived. The NPDB is a confidential information clearinghouse created by Congress and is intended to facilitate a comprehensive review of the professional credentials of health care practitioners, entities, providers, and suppliers. In response to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency and associated emergency declarations by all states, the federal government, state governments, and many health care entities have taken unprecedented steps regarding licensure portability and the deployment of health workforce resources, including the expansion of telemedicine and granting of disaster privileges. HRSA's NPDB is in a unique position to temporarily waive fees, granting NPDB access to the nation's hospitals, health centers, health plans, state licensing boards, federal agencies, and other eligible health care entities in support of their efforts to mobilize and appropriately deploy health workforce professionals.

HRSA provided supplemental funding to existing State and Regional Primary Care Association Cooperative Agreements (PCAs) to support enhanced statewide HIV prevention efforts among health centers in the seven states that have substantial rural HIV burden: Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and South Carolina (see Table 1).

HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau will award $100,000 in supplemental funding to the University of Washington to support the AIDS Education and Training Centers' (AETC) National HIV Curriculum (NHC) e-Learning Platform: Technology Operations and Maintenance project in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and, pending the availability of funds, in each succeeding year of the project's period of performance. This supplemental funding will enable the recipient to implement technological enhancements to the NHC eLearning Platform to increase access and improve efficiency of new online training modules and learning activities that respond to specific needs, as identified, by Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative jurisdictions. These system enhancements will help increase the number of health professionals that have access to state of the art HIV treatment interventions and protocols.

HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau will award $100,000 in supplemental funding to the University of Washington. This award is to support the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) Enhancement and Update of the National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform project in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and in each succeeding year of their periods of performance, pending the availability of funds. This supplemental funding will enable the University of Washington to make critical content enhancements to the National HIV Curriculum e- Learning Platform that respond to the specific training and technical assistance needs of HIV treatment professionals located in the jurisdictions targeted by the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative. Further, it will ensure that more health professionals in EHE jurisdictions have access to the most up-to-date HIV treatment interventions and protocols, thus increasing their competency to provide high-quality care for people with HIV and in so doing, advance the goals of the EHE.

This is to notify the public that the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH) meeting, originally scheduled for May 5-6, 2020, is re-scheduled to July 29-30, 2020. The May 5-6, 2020, NACMH meeting was announced in the Federal Register, Vol. 85, No. 41, on Monday, March 2, 2020 (FR Doc. 2020-04169 Filed 2-28-20). The decision to re-schedule the NACMH meeting has been made after carefully examining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations to restrict all non-essential travel, and the widespread health risks posed by COVID-19 to the American public. The location and agenda for the re-scheduled NACMH meeting remains as posted in the Federal Register, Vol. 85, No. 41, on Monday, March 2, 2020. For calendar year 2020 meetings, agenda items may include, but are not limited to, topics and issues related to migratory and seasonal agricultural worker health. Refer to the NACMH website listed below for all current and updated information concerning the calendar year 2020 NACMH meetings, including draft agendas and meeting materials, which will be posted 30 calendar days before the meeting.

The Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME) meeting previously announced as in-person and webinar/conference call on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, and Wednesday, April 29, 2020, has changed its format, date, and time. The meeting will now be a one-day webinar and conference call only on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, from 12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinar link, conference dial-in number, meeting materials, and agenda will be available on the COGME website: https:// www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/meeting s/ index.html.

HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau will award $200,000 in supplemental funding to Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Biomedical and Health Sciences (Rutgers), to support the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F AIDS Education and Training Centers' (AETC) National Coordinating Resource Center (NCRC) project in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. Pending the availability of funds and satisfactory performance, HRSA will award up to $200,000 in each succeeding fiscal year of their period of performance. The NCRC is responsible for facilitating and coordinating AETC training and technical assistance activities, disseminating, and promoting the work of AETC programs. This supplemental funding will enable the recipient to scale up their program efforts to ensure that HIV care and treatment professionals have the tools and information needed to achieve the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE).