80_FR_81590 80 FR 81341 - Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority

80 FR 81341 - Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 249 (December 29, 2015)

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FR Document2015-32749

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority

    This notice amends Part R of the Statement of Organization, 
Functions and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and 
Human Services (HHS), Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) (60 FR 56605, as amended November 6, 1995; as last amended at 80 
FR 66545-66546 dated October 29, 2015).
    This notice reflects organizational changes in the Health Resources 
and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ). 
Specifically, this notice: (1) Abolishes the Office of Workforce 
Development and Analysis (RQA); (2) abolishes the Office of Health 
Careers (RQB); and (3) updates the functional statement for the Bureau 
of Health Workforce (RQ).

Chapter RQ--Bureau of Health Workforce

Section RQ-10, Organization

    Delete the organizational structure for the Bureau of Health 
Workforce (RQ) and replace in its entirety.
    The Bureau of Health Workforce is headed by the Associate 
Administrator, who reports directly to the Administrator, Health 
Resources and Services Administration.
    1. Office of the Associate Administrator (RQ);
    2. Division of Policy and Shortage Designation (RQ1);
    3. Division of Business Operations (RQ2);
    4. Division of External Affairs (RQ3);
    5. National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (RQ4);
    6. Division of Medicine and Dentistry (RQ5);
    7. Division of Nursing and Public Health (RQ6);
    8. Division of Practitioner Data Bank (RQ7);
    9. Division of Participant Support and Compliance (RQ8);
    10. Division of Health Careers and Financial Support (RQ9);
    11. Division of National Health Service Corps (RQC); and
    12. Division of Regional Operations (RQD).

Section RQ-20, Functions

    Delete the functional statement for the Bureau of Health Workforce 
(RQ) and replace in its entirety.
    This notice reflects organizational changes in Bureau of Health 
Workforce (RQ). Specifically, this notice: (1) Abolish the Office of 
Workforce Development and Analysis; (RQA); (2) abolishes the Office of 
Health Careers (RQB); and (3) updates the functional statement for the 
Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ).

Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ)

    The Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) improves the health of the 
nation's underserved communities and vulnerable populations by 
developing, implementing, evaluating, and refining programs that 
strengthen the nation's health care workforce. BHW programs support a 
diverse, culturally competent workforce by addressing components 
including: Education and training; recruitment and retention; financial 
support for students, faculty, and practitioners; supporting 
institutions; data analysis; and evaluation and coordination of health 
workforce activities. These efforts support development of a skilled 
health workforce serving in areas of the nation with the greatest need.

Office of the Associate Administrator (RQ)

    The Office of the Associate Administrator provides overall 
leadership, direction, coordination, and planning in support of the 
BHW's programs designed to help meet the health professions workforce 
needs of the nation and improve the health of the nation's underserved 
communities and vulnerable populations. The office guides and directs 
the bureau's workforce analysis efforts and provides guidance and 
support for advisory councils. Additionally, the office provides 
direction by coordinating the recruitment, education, training, and 
retention of diverse health professionals in the healthcare system and 
supporting communities' efforts to build more integrated and 
sustainable systems of care. Specifically: (1) Directs and provides 
policy guidance for workforce recruitment, student and faculty 
assistance, training, and placement of health professionals to serve in 
underserved areas; (2) directs the bureau's health professions 
workforce data collection and analysis efforts in support of BHW's 
programs, and provides oversight for the evaluation of grantee 
performance and program outcomes; (3) guides and supports work

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of advisory councils, and coordinates the bureau's Federal Advisory 
Committees' management activities; (4) provides leadership, and guides 
bureau programs in recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce; (5) 
establishes program goals, objectives, and priorities, and provides 
oversight as to their execution; (6) maintains effective relationships 
within HRSA and with other federal and nonfederal agencies, state, and 
local governments, and other public and private organizations concerned 
with health workforce development and improving access to health care 
for the nation's underserved; (7) represents the bureau, agency, and 
federal government, as designated, on national committees maintaining 
effective relationships within HRSA and with other federal and non-
federal agencies, state and local governments, and other public and 
private organizations concerned with health personnel development, and 
improving access to health care for the nation's underserved; (8) 
plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates bureau-wide management 
activities, i.e., budget, personnel, procurements, delegations of 
authority, and responsibilities related to the awarding of the BHW 
funds; and (9) coordinates, reviews, and provides clearance of 
correspondence and official documents entering and leaving the bureau.

Executive Office (RQ)

    The Executive Office collaborates with BHW leadership to plan, 
coordinate, and direct bureau-wide administrative management 
activities. Specifically: (1) Executes the bureau's budget; (2) 
provides human resource services regarding all aspects of personnel 
management, workforce planning, and the allocation and utilization of 
personnel resources; (3) coordinates the business management functions 
for the bureau's grants programs; (4) plans, directs, and coordinates 
bureau-wide administrative management activities, i.e., budget, 
personnel, procurements, delegations of authority, and responsibilities 
related to the awarding of BHW funds; (5) coordinates and supports the 
Bureau's quality and internal control efforts; (6) provides additional 
support services including the acquisition, management, and maintenance 
of supplies, equipment, space, training, and travel; and (7) assumes 
special projects or takes responsibility for issues as tasked by the 
bureau's leadership.

Division of Policy and Shortage Designation (RQ1)

    The Division of Policy and Shortage Designation serves as the focal 
point for the development of the BHW programs and policies. 
Specifically: (1) Leads and coordinates the analysis, development, and 
drafting of policies impacting bureau programs; (2) coordinates program 
planning, and tracking of legislation and other information related to 
BHW's programs; (3) directly supports national efforts to analyze and 
address equitable distribution of health professionals for access to 
health care for underserved populations; (4) reviews requests for and 
designates health professional shortage areas and medically-underserved 
areas and populations; (5) finalizes designation policies and 
procedures for both current and proposed designation criteria; (6) 
oversees grants to state primary care offices and conducts all business 
management aspects of the review, negotiation, award, and 
administration of these grants; (7) provides oversight, processing, and 
coordination for the HHS sponsored J1-visa program; (8) works 
collaboratively with other components within HRSA and HHS, and with 
other federal agencies, state, and local governments, and other public 
and private organizations on issues affecting BHW's programs and 
policies; (9) performs environmental scanning on issues that affect 
BHW's programs and assesses the impact of programs on underserved 
communities; (10) monitors BHW's activities in relation to HRSA's 
strategic plan; (11) develops budget projections and justifications; 
and (12) serves as the bureau's focal point for program information.

Division of Business Operations (RQ2)

    The Division of Business Operations serves as the focal point for 
the bureau's data management systems, reports, data analysis, and 
automation of business processes to support the administration of BHW 
programs. Specifically: (1) Provides leadership for implementing BHW's 
systems development, enhancement, and administration; (2) designs and 
implements data systems to assess and improve program performance; (3) 
provides user support and training to facilitate the effectiveness of 
the bureau's information systems and deliver excellent customer service 
to internal and external stake holders; and (4) ensures that data 
management systems and other tools continue to evolve to support 
changes to program policy, process, and data throughout the bureau.

Division of External Affairs (RQ3)

    The Division of External Affairs provides communication and public 
affairs expertise to the bureau and serves as the focal point for the 
development of all external communication as well as dissemination of 
public information and promotional materials in support of the bureau's 
programs and activities. Specifically the division: (1) Leads, 
coordinates, and conducts outreach and engagement strategies for 
various audiences including students, clinicians, health care sites, 
and critical shortage facilities, as well as workforce grantees and 
applicants; (2) coordinates and conducts the bureau's virtual events 
for clinicians, grantees, sites, and applicants; (3) establishes and 
manages partner collaborations with national organizations and academic 
institutions; (4) develops and implements communication initiatives to 
promote the bureau's programs to target audiences; and (5) maintains 
responsibility for all targeted communication initiatives.

National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (RQ4)

    The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis is the focal 
point for the coordination and management of the bureau's health 
professions workforce data collection, analysis, and evaluation 
efforts. The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis leads and 
monitors the development of workforce projections relating to BHW 
programs and acts as a national resource for such information and data.

Division of Medicine and Dentistry (RQ5)

    The Division of Medicine and Dentistry serves as the bureau's lead 
for the program administration and oversight of medical and dental 
programs. Specifically: (1) Administers grants to educational 
institutions and other eligible organizations for the development, 
improvement, and operation of educational programs for primary care 
physicians (pre-doctoral, residency), physician assistants, dentists 
and dental hygienists, including support for community-based training 
and funding for faculty development to teach in primary care 
specialties training; (2) provides technical assistance and 
consultation to grantee institutions and other governmental and private 
organizations on the operation of these educational programs; (3) 
evaluates programmatic data and promotes the dissemination and 
application of findings arising from

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supported programs; (4) collaborates within the bureau to identify and 
support analytical studies to determine the present and future supply 
and requirements of physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, and 
physician assistants by specialty, geographic location, and for state 
planning efforts; (5) encourages community-based training opportunities 
for primary care providers, particularly in underserved areas; (6) 
provides leadership and staff support for the Advisory Committee on 
Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry, Advisory Committee on 
Interdisciplinary Community-Based Linkages, and for the Council on 
Graduate Medical Education; and (7) represents the bureau, agency, and 
federal government, as designated, on national committees maintaining 
effective relationships within HRSA and with other federal and non-
federal agencies, state and local governments, and other public and 
private organizations concerned with health personnel development and 
improving access to health care for the nation's underserved.

Division of Nursing and Public Health (RQ6)

    The Division of Nursing and Public Health serves as the bureau's 
lead for the administration and oversight of nursing, behavioral and 
public health programs. Specifically: (1) Administers grants and 
provides technical assistance to educational institutions and other 
eligible entities in support of nursing education, practice, retention, 
diversity, and faculty development; (2) administers grants and provides 
technical assistance to educational institutions and other eligible 
entities in support of behavioral and public health education and 
practice; (3) addresses nursing workforce shortages through projects 
that focus on expanding enrollment in baccalaureate programs, and 
develops internships, residency programs, and other training mechanisms 
to improve the preparation of nurses, and behavioral and public health 
professionals, providing care for underserved populations; (4) 
collaborates within the bureau to identify and support analytical 
studies to determine the present and future supply and requirements for 
nurses, and behavioral and public health professionals; (5) evaluates 
programmatic data and promotes the dissemination and application of 
findings arising from supported programs; (6) provides staff support, 
and the Director, on behalf of the Secretary, serves as the Chair of 
the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice; and (7) 
represents the bureau, agency, and federal government, as designated, 
on national committees maintaining effective relationships within HRSA 
and with other federal and non-federal agencies, state and local 
governments, and other public and private organizations concerned with 
health personnel development, and improving access to health care for 
the nation's underserved.

Division of Practitioner Data Bank (RQ7)

    The Division of Practitioner Data Bank coordinates with the 
department and other federal entities, state licensing boards, 
national, state, and local professional organizations, to promote 
quality assurance efforts and deter fraud and abuse by administering 
the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Specifically, the division: 
(1) Monitors adverse licensure information on all licensed health care 
practitioners and health care entities; (2) develops, proposes, and 
monitors efforts for (a) credentialing assessment, granting of 
privileges, monitoring and evaluating programs for physicians, 
dentists, other health care professionals, (b) professional peer review 
to promote an evaluation of the competence, professional conduct, or 
the quality and appropriateness of patient care provided by health care 
practitioners, and (c) risk management and utilization reviews; (3) 
encourages and supports evaluation and demonstration projects and 
research using NPDB data on medical malpractice payments and adverse 
actions taken against practitioners' licenses, clinical privileges, 
professional society memberships, and eligibility to participate in 
Medicare/Medicaid; (4) ensures integrity of data collection, follows 
all disclosure procedures without fail; (5) conducts and supports 
research based on the NPDB data; (6) maintains active consultative 
relations with professional organizations, societies, and federal 
agencies involved with the NPDB; (7) works with the Secretary's office 
to provide technical assistance to states undertaking malpractice 
reform; and (8) maintains effective relations with the Office of the 
General Counsel, the Office of the Inspector General, and HHS 
concerning practitioner licensing and data bank issues.

Division of Participant Support and Compliance (RQ8)

    The Division of Participant Support and Compliance serves as the 
organizational focal point for the bureau's centralized, comprehensive 
customer service function to support individual program participants. 
The Division provides regular and ongoing communication, technical 
assistance, and support to program participants through the period of 
obligated service and closeout. Specifically: (1) Manages the staff and 
daily operations of the bureau's centralized customer service function; 
(2) initiates contact with and monitors program participants throughout 
their service; (3) manages clinician support, employment verification, 
site status changes/transfers, in-service reviews; (4) provides 
oversight and approval of the default, suspension, and waiver 
processes; (5) oversees the approval process and response for exception 
requests and congressional inquiries; (6) manages the 6-month 
verification process; (7) conducts closeout activities for each program 
participant and issues completion certificates; (8) manages the monthly 
payroll for NURSE Corps Loan Repayment Program participants; and (9) 
maintains program participants' case files in the bureau's management 
information system.

Division of Health Careers and Financial Support (RQ9)

    The Division of Health Careers and Financial Support serves as the 
point of contact for responding to inquiries; disseminating program 
information; providing technical assistance; administering grants, 
developing appropriate policies and procedures; and processing 
applications and awards pertaining to health workforce scholarship, 
loan, loan repayment, and pipeline development programs. Specifically: 
(1) Reviews, ranks, and selects participants and grantees for NURSE 
Corps, Faculty Loan Repayment Program, Native Hawaiian Health 
Scholarship Program, and other discretionary grant programs that 
provide scholarships, loans, and loan repayment to students, health 
professionals and faculty; (2) verifies and processes loan and lender 
related payments in prescribed manner and maintains current information 
on NURSE Corps and other scholarship, loan, and loan repayment 
applications and awards through automated BHW information systems; (3) 
manages NURSE Corps scholar in-school activities; (4) facilitates NURSE 
Corps scholar placement; and (5) administers grants and provides 
technical assistance to educational institutions and other eligible 
entities for the development of a diverse and culturally competent 
health workforce.

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Division of National Health Service Corps (RQC)

    The Division of National Health Service Corps serves as the point 
of contact for responding to inquiries, disseminating program 
information, providing technical assistance, and processing 
applications and awards pertaining to the NHSC scholarship and loan 
repayment programs. Specifically: (1) Reviews, ranks, and selects 
participants for the scholarship and loan repayment programs; (2) 
verifies and processes loan and lender related payments in prescribed 
manner and maintains current information on scholarship and loan 
repayment applications and awards through automated BHW information 
systems; (3) manages scholar in-school and post-graduate training 
activities; (4) administers the NHSC State Loan Repayment Program; and 
(5) provides leadership and staff support for the NHSC National 
Advisory Committee.

Division of Regional Operations (RQD)

    The Division of Regional Operations serves as the regional 
component of BHW, cutting across divisions and working with the bureau 
programs that fund participants to serve in Health Professions Shortage 
Areas. Specifically, the Regional Offices support the bureau by: (1) 
Providing support for the recruitment and retention of primary health 
care providers in Health Professions Shortage Areas; (2) coordinating 
with state and regional level partners and stakeholders, and health 
professions schools in support of the BHW programs and initiatives; (3) 
reviewing and approving/disapproving NHSC site applications and 
recertification's; (4) completing NHSC site visits and providing 
technical assistance to sites; and (5) managing the scholar placement 
process.

Delegations of Authority

    All delegations of authority and re-delegations of authority made 
to HRSA officials that were in effect immediately prior to this 
reorganization, and that are consistent with this reorganization, shall 
continue in effect pending further re-delegation.
    This reorganization is effective upon date of signature.

    Dated: December 11, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
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                                                    www.regulations.gov and insert the                      Leslie Kux,
                                                                                                                                                                    Delete the functional statement for the
                                                    docket number, found in brackets in the                 Associate Commissioner for Policy.                    Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ) and
                                                    heading of this document, into the                      [FR Doc. 2015–32724 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]          replace in its entirety.
                                                    ‘‘Search’’ box and follow the prompts                   BILLING CODE 4164–01–P                                  This notice reflects organizational
                                                    and/or go to the Division of Dockets                                                                          changes in Bureau of Health Workforce
                                                    Management, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.                                                                            (RQ). Specifically, this notice: (1)
                                                    1061, Rockville, MD 20852.                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              Abolish the Office of Workforce
                                                                                                            HUMAN SERVICES                                        Development and Analysis; (RQA); (2)
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:       FDA held
                                                    a workshop on ‘‘Clinical Trial Designs                  Health Resources and Services                         abolishes the Office of Health Careers
                                                    in Emerging Infectious Diseases’’ in                    Administration                                        (RQB); and (3) updates the functional
                                                    partnership with the National Institute                                                                       statement for the Bureau of Health
                                                    of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the                 Statement of Organization, Functions                  Workforce (RQ).
                                                    HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary                   and Delegations of Authority                          Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ)
                                                    for Preparedness and Response, and the                    This notice amends Part R of the                      The Bureau of Health Workforce
                                                    Centers for Disease Control and                         Statement of Organization, Functions                  (BHW) improves the health of the
                                                    Prevention as a step in collecting                      and Delegations of Authority of the                   nation’s underserved communities and
                                                    information. The objectives of the                      Department of Health and Human                        vulnerable populations by developing,
                                                    workshop were to: (1) Discuss the                       Services (HHS), Health Resources and                  implementing, evaluating, and refining
                                                    deployment of investigational products                  Services Administration (HRSA) (60 FR                 programs that strengthen the nation’s
                                                    in the context of emerging infectious                   56605, as amended November 6, 1995;                   health care workforce. BHW programs
                                                    diseases, drawing on the lessons learned                as last amended at 80 FR 66545–66546                  support a diverse, culturally competent
                                                    in the Ebola virus epidemic; (2) explore                dated October 29, 2015).                              workforce by addressing components
                                                    the strengths and weaknesses of                           This notice reflects organizational                 including: Education and training;
                                                    different clinical trial designs for                    changes in the Health Resources and                   recruitment and retention; financial
                                                    establishing the safety and efficacy of                 Services Administration (HRSA),                       support for students, faculty, and
                                                    investigational products for the                        Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ).                      practitioners; supporting institutions;
                                                    treatment and/or prevention of life-                    Specifically, this notice: (1) Abolishes              data analysis; and evaluation and
                                                    threatening emerging infectious diseases                the Office of Workforce Development                   coordination of health workforce
                                                    (EID) in resource-limited settings from                 and Analysis (RQA); (2) abolishes the                 activities. These efforts support
                                                    scientific, ethical, and operational                    Office of Health Careers (RQB); and (3)               development of a skilled health
                                                    perspectives; (3) identify areas of                     updates the functional statement for the              workforce serving in areas of the nation
                                                    consensus and areas needing further                     Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ).                      with the greatest need.
                                                    discussion, with the goal of formulating                Chapter RQ—Bureau of Health                           Office of the Associate Administrator
                                                    acceptable options for the deployment                   Workforce                                             (RQ)
                                                    of investigational products in clinical
                                                    trials for future EIDs; and (4) discuss                 Section RQ–10, Organization                             The Office of the Associate
                                                    planning and other factors that can                       Delete the organizational structure for             Administrator provides overall
                                                    impact on the ability to establish                      the Bureau of Health Workforce (RQ)                   leadership, direction, coordination, and
                                                    clinical trials in a timely fashion to                  and replace in its entirety.                          planning in support of the BHW’s
                                                    evaluate investigational therapies. The                   The Bureau of Health Workforce is                   programs designed to help meet the
                                                    meeting agenda, transcripts, and web                    headed by the Associate Administrator,                health professions workforce needs of
                                                    cast recordings are available on the FDA                who reports directly to the                           the nation and improve the health of the
                                                    Web site at http://www.fda.gov/                         Administrator, Health Resources and                   nation’s underserved communities and
                                                    emergencypreparedness/                                  Services Administration.                              vulnerable populations. The office
                                                    counterterrorism/                                         1. Office of the Associate                          guides and directs the bureau’s
                                                    medicalcountermeasures/aboutmcmi/                       Administrator (RQ);                                   workforce analysis efforts and provides
                                                                                                              2. Division of Policy and Shortage                  guidance and support for advisory
                                                    ucm466153.htm. The meeting agenda
                                                                                                            Designation (RQ1);                                    councils. Additionally, the office
                                                    and transcripts will also be available in                 3. Division of Business Operations
                                                    the docket.                                                                                                   provides direction by coordinating the
                                                                                                            (RQ2);                                                recruitment, education, training, and
                                                       FDA is opening this docket to provide                  4. Division of External Affairs (RQ3);              retention of diverse health professionals
                                                    an avenue for the public to submit                        5. National Center for Health                       in the healthcare system and supporting
                                                    additional information that may be                      Workforce Analysis (RQ4);                             communities’ efforts to build more
                                                    relevant to the design and conduct of                     6. Division of Medicine and Dentistry
                                                                                                                                                                  integrated and sustainable systems of
                                                    clinical trials for establishing the safety             (RQ5);
                                                                                                              7. Division of Nursing and Public                   care. Specifically: (1) Directs and
                                                    and efficacy of investigational products                                                                      provides policy guidance for workforce
                                                    for the treatment and/or prevention of                  Health (RQ6);
                                                                                                              8. Division of Practitioner Data Bank               recruitment, student and faculty
                                                    life-threatening emerging infectious                                                                          assistance, training, and placement of
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                                                                                                            (RQ7);
                                                    diseases. Individuals submitting                          9. Division of Participant Support and              health professionals to serve in
                                                    comments are specifically invited to                    Compliance (RQ8);                                     underserved areas; (2) directs the
                                                    address the scientific, ethical, and                      10. Division of Health Careers and                  bureau’s health professions workforce
                                                    practical considerations that should be                 Financial Support (RQ9);                              data collection and analysis efforts in
                                                    taken into account when designing and                     11. Division of National Health                     support of BHW’s programs, and
                                                    implementing clinical trials for future                 Service Corps (RQC); and                              provides oversight for the evaluation of
                                                    emerging infectious diseases in                           12. Division of Regional Operations                 grantee performance and program
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                                                    of advisory councils, and coordinates                   Division of Policy and Shortage                       Division of External Affairs (RQ3)
                                                    the bureau’s Federal Advisory                           Designation (RQ1)                                        The Division of External Affairs
                                                    Committees’ management activities; (4)                                                                        provides communication and public
                                                    provides leadership, and guides bureau                     The Division of Policy and Shortage
                                                                                                            Designation serves as the focal point for             affairs expertise to the bureau and
                                                    programs in recruiting and retaining a                                                                        serves as the focal point for the
                                                    diverse workforce; (5) establishes                      the development of the BHW programs
                                                                                                            and policies. Specifically: (1) Leads and             development of all external
                                                    program goals, objectives, and priorities,                                                                    communication as well as
                                                                                                            coordinates the analysis, development,
                                                    and provides oversight as to their                                                                            dissemination of public information and
                                                                                                            and drafting of policies impacting
                                                    execution; (6) maintains effective                                                                            promotional materials in support of the
                                                                                                            bureau programs; (2) coordinates
                                                    relationships within HRSA and with                                                                            bureau’s programs and activities.
                                                                                                            program planning, and tracking of
                                                    other federal and nonfederal agencies,                  legislation and other information related             Specifically the division: (1) Leads,
                                                    state, and local governments, and other                 to BHW’s programs; (3) directly                       coordinates, and conducts outreach and
                                                    public and private organizations                        supports national efforts to analyze and              engagement strategies for various
                                                    concerned with health workforce                         address equitable distribution of health              audiences including students,
                                                    development and improving access to                                                                           clinicians, health care sites, and critical
                                                                                                            professionals for access to health care
                                                    health care for the nation’s underserved;                                                                     shortage facilities, as well as workforce
                                                                                                            for underserved populations; (4) reviews
                                                    (7) represents the bureau, agency, and                                                                        grantees and applicants; (2) coordinates
                                                                                                            requests for and designates health
                                                    federal government, as designated, on                                                                         and conducts the bureau’s virtual events
                                                                                                            professional shortage areas and
                                                    national committees maintaining                                                                               for clinicians, grantees, sites, and
                                                                                                            medically-underserved areas and
                                                    effective relationships within HRSA and                                                                       applicants; (3) establishes and manages
                                                                                                            populations; (5) finalizes designation
                                                    with other federal and non-federal                                                                            partner collaborations with national
                                                                                                            policies and procedures for both current
                                                    agencies, state and local governments,                                                                        organizations and academic institutions;
                                                                                                            and proposed designation criteria; (6)
                                                                                                                                                                  (4) develops and implements
                                                    and other public and private                            oversees grants to state primary care
                                                                                                                                                                  communication initiatives to promote
                                                    organizations concerned with health                     offices and conducts all business
                                                                                                                                                                  the bureau’s programs to target
                                                    personnel development, and improving                    management aspects of the review,
                                                                                                                                                                  audiences; and (5) maintains
                                                    access to health care for the nation’s                  negotiation, award, and administration
                                                                                                                                                                  responsibility for all targeted
                                                    underserved; (8) plans, directs,                        of these grants; (7) provides oversight,
                                                                                                                                                                  communication initiatives.
                                                    coordinates, and evaluates bureau-wide                  processing, and coordination for the
                                                    management activities, i.e., budget,                    HHS sponsored J1-visa program; (8)                    National Center for Health Workforce
                                                    personnel, procurements, delegations of                 works collaboratively with other                      Analysis (RQ4)
                                                    authority, and responsibilities related to              components within HRSA and HHS,                          The National Center for Health
                                                    the awarding of the BHW funds; and (9)                  and with other federal agencies, state,               Workforce Analysis is the focal point for
                                                    coordinates, reviews, and provides                      and local governments, and other public               the coordination and management of the
                                                    clearance of correspondence and official                and private organizations on issues                   bureau’s health professions workforce
                                                                                                            affecting BHW’s programs and policies;                data collection, analysis, and evaluation
                                                    documents entering and leaving the
                                                                                                            (9) performs environmental scanning on                efforts. The National Center for Health
                                                    bureau.
                                                                                                            issues that affect BHW’s programs and                 Workforce Analysis leads and monitors
                                                    Executive Office (RQ)                                   assesses the impact of programs on                    the development of workforce
                                                                                                            underserved communities; (10)                         projections relating to BHW programs
                                                      The Executive Office collaborates                     monitors BHW’s activities in relation to
                                                    with BHW leadership to plan,                                                                                  and acts as a national resource for such
                                                                                                            HRSA’s strategic plan; (11) develops                  information and data.
                                                    coordinate, and direct bureau-wide                      budget projections and justifications;
                                                    administrative management activities.                   and (12) serves as the bureau’s focal                 Division of Medicine and Dentistry
                                                    Specifically: (1) Executes the bureau’s                 point for program information.                        (RQ5)
                                                    budget; (2) provides human resource                                                                              The Division of Medicine and
                                                                                                            Division of Business Operations (RQ2)
                                                    services regarding all aspects of                                                                             Dentistry serves as the bureau’s lead for
                                                    personnel management, workforce                            The Division of Business Operations                the program administration and
                                                    planning, and the allocation and                        serves as the focal point for the bureau’s            oversight of medical and dental
                                                    utilization of personnel resources; (3)                 data management systems, reports, data                programs. Specifically: (1) Administers
                                                    coordinates the business management                     analysis, and automation of business                  grants to educational institutions and
                                                    functions for the bureau’s grants                       processes to support the administration               other eligible organizations for the
                                                    programs; (4) plans, directs, and                       of BHW programs. Specifically: (1)                    development, improvement, and
                                                    coordinates bureau-wide administrative                  Provides leadership for implementing                  operation of educational programs for
                                                    management activities, i.e., budget,                    BHW’s systems development,                            primary care physicians (pre-doctoral,
                                                    personnel, procurements, delegations of                 enhancement, and administration; (2)                  residency), physician assistants, dentists
                                                    authority, and responsibilities related to              designs and implements data systems to                and dental hygienists, including support
                                                    the awarding of BHW funds; (5)                          assess and improve program                            for community-based training and
                                                    coordinates and supports the Bureau’s                   performance; (3) provides user support                funding for faculty development to
                                                                                                            and training to facilitate the                        teach in primary care specialties
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                                                    quality and internal control efforts; (6)
                                                    provides additional support services                    effectiveness of the bureau’s information             training; (2) provides technical
                                                    including the acquisition, management,                  systems and deliver excellent customer                assistance and consultation to grantee
                                                    and maintenance of supplies,                            service to internal and external stake                institutions and other governmental and
                                                    equipment, space, training, and travel;                 holders; and (4) ensures that data                    private organizations on the operation of
                                                                                                            management systems and other tools                    these educational programs; (3)
                                                    and (7) assumes special projects or takes
                                                                                                            continue to evolve to support changes to              evaluates programmatic data and
                                                    responsibility for issues as tasked by the
                                                                                                            program policy, process, and data                     promotes the dissemination and
                                                    bureau’s leadership.                                                                                          application of findings arising from
                                                                                                            throughout the bureau.


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                                                    supported programs; (4) collaborates                    and Practice; and (7) represents the        Division provides regular and ongoing
                                                    within the bureau to identify and                       bureau, agency, and federal government,     communication, technical assistance,
                                                    support analytical studies to determine                 as designated, on national committees       and support to program participants
                                                    the present and future supply and                       maintaining effective relationships         through the period of obligated service
                                                    requirements of physicians, dentists,                   within HRSA and with other federal and      and closeout. Specifically: (1) Manages
                                                    dental hygienists, and physician                        non-federal agencies, state and local       the staff and daily operations of the
                                                    assistants by specialty, geographic                     governments, and other public and           bureau’s centralized customer service
                                                    location, and for state planning efforts;               private organizations concerned with        function; (2) initiates contact with and
                                                    (5) encourages community-based                          health personnel development, and           monitors program participants
                                                    training opportunities for primary care                 improving access to health care for the
                                                                                                                                                        throughout their service; (3) manages
                                                    providers, particularly in underserved                  nation’s underserved.
                                                                                                                                                        clinician support, employment
                                                    areas; (6) provides leadership and staff
                                                                                                            Division of Practitioner Data Bank (RQ7) verification, site status changes/
                                                    support for the Advisory Committee on
                                                    Training in Primary Care Medicine and                      The Division of Practitioner Data        transfers, in-service reviews; (4)
                                                    Dentistry, Advisory Committee on                        Bank coordinates with the department        provides oversight and approval of the
                                                    Interdisciplinary Community-Based                       and other federal entities, state licensing default, suspension, and waiver
                                                    Linkages, and for the Council on                        boards, national, state, and local          processes; (5) oversees the approval
                                                    Graduate Medical Education; and (7)                     professional organizations, to promote      process and response for exception
                                                    represents the bureau, agency, and                      quality assurance efforts and deter fraud requests and congressional inquiries; (6)
                                                    federal government, as designated, on                   and abuse by administering the National manages the 6-month verification
                                                    national committees maintaining                         Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).              process; (7) conducts closeout activities
                                                    effective relationships within HRSA and                 Specifically, the division: (1) Monitors    for each program participant and issues
                                                    with other federal and non-federal                      adverse licensure information on all        completion certificates; (8) manages the
                                                    agencies, state and local governments,                  licensed health care practitioners and      monthly payroll for NURSE Corps Loan
                                                    and other public and private                            health care entities; (2) develops,         Repayment Program participants; and
                                                    organizations concerned with health                     proposes, and monitors efforts for (a)      (9) maintains program participants’ case
                                                    personnel development and improving                     credentialing assessment, granting of       files in the bureau’s management
                                                    access to health care for the nation’s                  privileges, monitoring and evaluating
                                                                                                                                                        information system.
                                                    underserved.                                            programs for physicians, dentists, other
                                                                                                            health care professionals, (b)              Division of Health Careers and
                                                    Division of Nursing and Public Health                   professional peer review to promote an      Financial Support (RQ9)
                                                    (RQ6)                                                   evaluation of the competence,
                                                       The Division of Nursing and Public                   professional conduct, or the quality and       The Division of Health Careers and
                                                    Health serves as the bureau’s lead for                  appropriateness of patient care provided Financial Support serves as the point of
                                                    the administration and oversight of                     by health care practitioners, and (c) risk contact for responding to inquiries;
                                                    nursing, behavioral and public health                   management and utilization reviews; (3) disseminating program information;
                                                    programs. Specifically: (1) Administers                 encourages and supports evaluation and providing technical assistance;
                                                    grants and provides technical assistance                demonstration projects and research         administering grants, developing
                                                    to educational institutions and other                   using NPDB data on medical                  appropriate policies and procedures;
                                                    eligible entities in support of nursing                 malpractice payments and adverse            and processing applications and awards
                                                    education, practice, retention, diversity,              actions taken against practitioners’        pertaining to health workforce
                                                    and faculty development; (2)                            licenses, clinical privileges, professional scholarship, loan, loan repayment, and
                                                    administers grants and provides                         society memberships, and eligibility to     pipeline development programs.
                                                    technical assistance to educational                     participate in Medicare/Medicaid; (4)       Specifically: (1) Reviews, ranks, and
                                                    institutions and other eligible entities in             ensures integrity of data collection,
                                                                                                                                                        selects participants and grantees for
                                                    support of behavioral and public health                 follows all disclosure procedures
                                                                                                                                                        NURSE Corps, Faculty Loan Repayment
                                                    education and practice; (3) addresses                   without fail; (5) conducts and supports
                                                    nursing workforce shortages through                     research based on the NPDB data; (6)        Program, Native Hawaiian Health
                                                    projects that focus on expanding                        maintains active consultative relations     Scholarship Program, and other
                                                    enrollment in baccalaureate programs,                   with professional organizations,            discretionary grant programs that
                                                    and develops internships, residency                     societies, and federal agencies involved    provide scholarships, loans, and loan
                                                    programs, and other training                            with the NPDB; (7) works with the           repayment to students, health
                                                    mechanisms to improve the preparation                   Secretary’s office to provide technical     professionals and faculty; (2) verifies
                                                    of nurses, and behavioral and public                    assistance to states undertaking            and processes loan and lender related
                                                    health professionals, providing care for                malpractice reform; and (8) maintains       payments in prescribed manner and
                                                    underserved populations; (4)                            effective relations with the Office of the maintains current information on
                                                    collaborates within the bureau to                       General Counsel, the Office of the          NURSE Corps and other scholarship,
                                                    identify and support analytical studies                 Inspector General, and HHS concerning loan, and loan repayment applications
                                                    to determine the present and future                     practitioner licensing and data bank        and awards through automated BHW
                                                    supply and requirements for nurses, and                 issues.                                     information systems; (3) manages
                                                    behavioral and public health
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                                                                                                            Division of Participant Support and         NURSE Corps scholar in-school
                                                    professionals; (5) evaluates                                                                        activities; (4) facilitates NURSE Corps
                                                    programmatic data and promotes the                      Compliance (RQ8)
                                                                                                                                                        scholar placement; and (5) administers
                                                    dissemination and application of                           The Division of Participant Support      grants and provides technical assistance
                                                    findings arising from supported                         and Compliance serves as the                to educational institutions and other
                                                    programs; (6) provides staff support, and               organizational focal point for the
                                                                                                                                                        eligible entities for the development of
                                                    the Director, on behalf of the Secretary,               bureau’s centralized, comprehensive
                                                                                                                                                        a diverse and culturally competent
                                                    serves as the Chair of the National                     customer service function to support
                                                    Advisory Council on Nurse Education                     individual program participants. The        health workforce.



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                                                    81344                      Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 29, 2015 / Notices

                                                    Division of National Health Service                     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
                                                    Corps (RQC)                                             HUMAN SERVICES                                        HUMAN SERVICES
                                                      The Division of National Health                       National Institutes of Health                         National Institutes of Health
                                                    Service Corps serves as the point of
                                                    contact for responding to inquiries,                    National Institute on Aging; Notice of                National Cancer Institute; Notice of
                                                    disseminating program information,                      Closed Meetings                                       Closed Meetings
                                                    providing technical assistance, and                                                                             Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
                                                    processing applications and awards                        Pursuant to section 10(d) of the                    Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
                                                    pertaining to the NHSC scholarship and                  Federal Advisory Committee Act, as                    amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
                                                    loan repayment programs. Specifically:                  amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is                    hereby given of the following meetings.
                                                    (1) Reviews, ranks, and selects                         hereby given of the following meetings.                 The meetings will be closed to the
                                                    participants for the scholarship and loan                 The meetings will be closed to the                  public in accordance with the
                                                    repayment programs; (2) verifies and                    public in accordance with the                         provisions set forth in sections
                                                    processes loan and lender related                       provisions set forth in sections                      552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C.,
                                                    payments in prescribed manner and                       552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,            as amended. The grant and contract
                                                    maintains current information on                        as amended. The grant applications and                applications and the discussions could
                                                    scholarship and loan repayment                          the discussions could disclose                        disclose confidential trade secrets or
                                                    applications and awards through                         confidential trade secrets or commercial              commercial property such as patentable
                                                    automated BHW information systems;                                                                            material, and personal information
                                                                                                            property such as patentable material,
                                                    (3) manages scholar in-school and post-                                                                       concerning individuals associated with
                                                                                                            and personal information concerning
                                                    graduate training activities; (4)                                                                             the grant and contract applications, the
                                                                                                            individuals associated with the grant
                                                    administers the NHSC State Loan                                                                               disclosure of which would constitute a
                                                                                                            applications, the disclosure of which                 clearly unwarranted invasion of
                                                    Repayment Program; and (5) provides                     would constitute a clearly unwarranted
                                                    leadership and staff support for the                                                                          personal privacy.
                                                                                                            invasion of personal privacy.
                                                    NHSC National Advisory Committee.                                                                               Name of Committee: National Cancer
                                                                                                              Name of Committee: National Institute on            Institute Special Emphasis Panel; NCI
                                                    Division of Regional Operations (RQD)                   Aging Initial Review Group Behavior and               Omnibus R03 & R21 SEP–2.
                                                                                                            Social Science of Aging Review Committee.               Date: February 1–2, 2016.
                                                       The Division of Regional Operations                    Date: February 4–5, 2016.                             Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
                                                    serves as the regional component of                       Time: 3:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.                          Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
                                                    BHW, cutting across divisions and                         Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                applications.
                                                    working with the bureau programs that                   applications.                                           Place: Embassy Suites Hotel Chevy Chase
                                                    fund participants to serve in Health                                                                          Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW.,
                                                                                                              Place: Bethesda North Marriott and
                                                    Professions Shortage Areas. Specifically,                                                                     Washington, DC 20015.
                                                                                                            Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road,                 Contact Person: Eun Ah Cho, Ph.D.,
                                                    the Regional Offices support the bureau                 Bethesda, MD 20852.                                   Scientific Review Officer, Special Review
                                                    by: (1) Providing support for the                         Contact Person: Kimberly Firth, Ph.D.,              Branch Division of Extramural Activities,
                                                    recruitment and retention of primary                    National Institute on Aging, Gateway                  National Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical
                                                    health care providers in Health                         Building, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue Suite                 Center Drive, Room 7W106, Bethesda, MD
                                                    Professions Shortage Areas; (2)                         2C212, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–402–7702               20892–9750, 240–276–6342, choe@
                                                    coordinating with state and regional                    kimberly.firth@nih.gov.                               mail.nih.gov.
                                                    level partners and stakeholders, and                      Name of Committee: National Institute on              Name of Committee: National Cancer
                                                    health professions schools in support of                Aging Initial Review Group Neuroscience of            Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Validation
                                                                                                            Aging Review Committee.                               of Mobile Technologies for Clinical
                                                    the BHW programs and initiatives; (3)                                                                         Assessment, Monitoring and Intervention.
                                                    reviewing and approving/disapproving                      Date: February 4–5, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                    Date: February 2, 2016.
                                                    NHSC site applications and                                Time: 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                    Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
                                                    recertification’s; (4) completing NHSC                    Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                  Agenda: To review and evaluate contract
                                                    site visits and providing technical                     applications.                                         applications.
                                                    assistance to sites; and (5) managing the                 Place: Bethesda North Marriott and                    Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
                                                                                                            Conference Center, 5701 Marinelli Road,               Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
                                                    scholar placement process.
                                                                                                            Bethesda, MD 20852.                                   5E030, Rockville, MD 20850, (Telephone
                                                    Delegations of Authority                                  Contact Person: Jeannette L. Johnson,               Conference Call).
                                                                                                            Ph.D., Deputy Review Branch Chief, National             Contact Person: Scott A. Chen, Ph.D.,
                                                      All delegations of authority and re-                  Institutes of Health, National Institute on           Scientific Review Officer, Research and
                                                    delegations of authority made to HRSA                   Aging Gateway Building Bethesda, MD                   Technology and Contract Review Branch,
                                                    officials that were in effect immediately               20892, 301–402–7705 johnsonj9@nia.nih.gov.            Division of Extramural Activities, National
                                                                                                                                                                  Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center
                                                    prior to this reorganization, and that are              (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance             Drive, Room 7W604, Rockville, MD 20850,
                                                    consistent with this reorganization,                    Program Nos. 93.866, Aging Research,                  240–276–6038, chensc@mail.nih.gov,
                                                    shall continue in effect pending further                National Institutes of Health, HHS)                     Name of Committee: National Cancer
                                                    re-delegation.                                                                                                Institute Special Emphasis Panel; Modulating
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                                                                                                              Dated: December 22, 2015.
                                                      This reorganization is effective upon                                                                       Microbiome for Cancer Therapy.
                                                                                                            Melanie J. Gray,
                                                    date of signature.                                                                                              Date: February 17, 2016.
                                                                                                            Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory             Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
                                                      Dated: December 11, 2015.                             Committee Policy.                                       Agenda: To review and evaluate contract
                                                    James Macrae,                                           [FR Doc. 2015–32660 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]          applications.
                                                                                                                                                                    Place: National Cancer Institute Shady
                                                    Acting Administrator.                                   BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                  Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–32749 Filed 12–28–15; 8:45 am]                                                                  7W554, Rockville, MD 20850, (Telephone
                                                    BILLING CODE 4165–15–P                                                                                        Conference Call).



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