Designations of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas:

Federal Register: November 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 211)

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 42 CFR Part 5

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically

Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of

Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage

Areas.

DATES: Meetings will be held on November 17, 2010, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and November 18, 2010, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the Legacy Hotel and Meeting

Centre, Georgetown Room, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 881-2300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact

Nicole Patterson, Office of Shortage Designation, Bureau of Health

Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9A-18,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

Telephone (301) 443-9027, E-mail: npatterson@hrsa.gov or visit http:// www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Status: The meeting will be open to the public.

Purpose: The purpose of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on

Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health

Professional Shortage Areas is to establish a comprehensive methodology and criteria for Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and

Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas, using a Negotiated

Rulemaking (NR) process. It is hoped that use of the NR process will yield a consensus among technical experts and stakeholders on a new rule, which will then be published as an Interim Final Rule in accordance with Section 5602 of Public Law 111-148, the Patient

Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Agenda: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 17 and

Thursday, November 18. It will include a discussion of the various components of a possible methodology for identifying areas of shortage and underservice, based on the recommendations of the Committee in the previous meeting. The Thursday meeting will also include development of the agenda for the next meeting, as well as an opportunity for public comment.

Requests from the public to make oral comments or to provide written comments to the Committee should be sent to Nicole Patterson at the contact address above at least 10 days prior to the meeting. The meetings will be open

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to the public as indicated above, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed above at least 10 days prior to the meeting. Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments during the meeting on Thursday afternoon.

Dated: October 27, 2010.

Robert Hendricks,

Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.

FR Doc. 2010-27554 Filed 11-1-10; 8:45 am

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