81_FR_46224 81 FR 46088 - Council on Graduate Medical Education; Request for Nominations

81 FR 46088 - Council on Graduate Medical Education; Request for Nominations

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 136 (July 15, 2016)

Page Range46088-46089
FR Document2016-16751

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME). COGME is authorized by Section 762 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 294o), as amended. The Advisory Council is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), as amended, which sets forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees, and applies to the extent that the provisions of FACA do not conflict with the requirements of PHS Act Section 762.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46088-46089]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16751]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Council on Graduate Medical Education; Request for Nominations

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
requesting nominations to fill vacancies on the Council on Graduate 
Medical Education (COGME). COGME is authorized by Section 762 of the 
Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 294o), as amended. The 
Advisory Council is governed by the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), as amended, which sets forth 
standards for the formation and use of advisory committees, and applies 
to the extent that the provisions of FACA do not conflict with the 
requirements of PHS Act Section 762.

DATES: The agency will receive nominations on a continuous basis.

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be submitted to Advisory Council 
Operations, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, 11W45C, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Mail delivery should be addressed to 
Advisory Council Operations, Bureau of Health Workforce, HRSA, at the 
above address, or via email to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan Weiss, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, FAAN, 
Designated Federal Official, COGME at 301-443-0430 or email at 
[email protected]. A copy of the current committee membership, charter, 
and reports can be obtained by accessing the Web site http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/COGME/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME provides advice and makes policy 
recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services (Secretary) and ranking members of the Senate Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the U.S. House of 
Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce on matters concerning 
the supply and distribution of physicians in the United States, 
physician workforce trends, training issues, and financing policies. 
Meetings are held twice a year.
    Specifically, HRSA is requesting nominations for voting members of 
COGME representing: Practicing primary care physicians, national and 
specialty physician organizations, foreign medical graduates, medical 
student and house staff associations, as well as representatives of 
schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, public and 
private teaching hospitals, health insurers, business, and labor. Among 
these nominations, medical students, residents, and/or fellows from 
these programs are encouraged to apply.
    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will consider 
nominations of all qualified individuals with the areas of subject 
matter expertise noted above. Individuals may nominate themselves or 
other individuals, and professional associations and organizations may 
nominate one or more qualified persons for membership. Nominations 
shall state that the nominee is willing to serve as a member of COGME 
and appears to have no conflict of interest that would preclude COGME 
membership. Potential candidates will be asked to provide detailed 
information concerning financial interests, consultancies, research 
grants, and/or contracts that might be affected by recommendations of 
COGME to permit evaluation of possible sources of conflicts of 
interest.

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    A nomination package should include the following information for 
each nominee:
    (1) A letter of nomination from an employer, a colleague, or a 
professional organization stating the name, affiliation, and contact 
information for the nominee, the basis for the nomination (i.e., what 
specific attributes, perspectives, and/or skills does the individual 
possess that would benefit the workings of the COGME, and the nominee's 
field(s) of expertise);
    (2) A letter of self-interest stating the reasons the nominee would 
like to serve on COGME;
    (3) A biographical sketch of the nominee and a copy of his/her 
curriculum vitae; and
    (4) The name, address, daytime telephone number, and email address 
at which the nominator can be contacted.

Nominations will be considered as vacancies occur on COGME. Nominations 
should be updated and resubmitted every 3 years to continue to be 
considered for committee vacancies. HHS strives to ensure that the 
membership of HHS federal advisory committees is balanced in terms of 
points of view represented and the committee's function. The Department 
encourages nominations of qualified candidates from all groups and 
locations. Appointment to COGME shall be made without discrimination on 
the basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, 
disability, and cultural, religious, or socioeconomic status.

Jason E. Bennett,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
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46088 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 136 / Friday, July 15, 2016 / Notices The Family Smoking Prevention and instructions, search existing data Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control sources, gather the data needed, and 20857. Mail delivery should be Act) (Pub. L. 111–31) added section 905 complete and review the information addressed to Advisory Council to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic collection. Send comments regarding Operations, Bureau of Health Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 387e), this burden estimate or suggestions for Workforce, HRSA, at the above address, establishing requirements for tobacco reducing this burden to: Food and Drug or via email to: BHWAdvisoryCouncil product establishment registration and Administration, Center for Tobacco FRN@hrsa.gov. product listing. Products, Document Control Center, FDA revised the registration and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Weiss, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, FAAN, listing guidance to include newly Rm. G335, Silver Spring, MD 20993– deemed tobacco products. Cigarettes, Designated Federal Official, COGME at 0002. 301–443–0430 or email at jweiss@ cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, An Agency may not conduct or and smokeless tobacco were hrsa.gov. A copy of the current sponsor, and a person is not required to immediately covered by FDA’s tobacco committee membership, charter, and respond to, a collection of information product authorities in chapter IX of the reports can be obtained by accessing the unless it displays a currently valid OMB FD&C Act, including section 905, when Web site http://www.hrsa.gov/ control number. The OMB control the Tobacco Control Act went into advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/ number for this information collection effect. As for other types of tobacco COGME/index.html. is 0910–0650 (expires June 30, 2019). products, section 901(b) of the FD&C SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME Act (21 U.S.C. 387a) grants FDA IV. Electronic Access provides advice and makes policy authority to deem those products Persons with access to the Internet recommendations to the Secretary of the subject to chapter IX of the FD&C Act. may obtain an electronic version of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Pursuant to that authority, FDA issued guidance at either http:// Services (Secretary) and ranking a proposed rule seeking to deem all www.regulations.gov or http:// members of the Senate Committee on other products that meet the statutory www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/ Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, definition of tobacco product, set forth Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/ and the U.S. House of Representatives in section 201(rr) of the FD&C Act (21 default.htm. Committee on Energy and Commerce on U.S.C. 321(rr)) (except for accessories of Dated: July 11, 2016. matters concerning the supply and those products) (79 FR 23142). After Leslie Kux, distribution of physicians in the United review and consideration of comments States, physician workforce trends, Associate Commissioner for Policy. on the proposed rule, FDA published training issues, and financing policies. [FR Doc. 2016–16734 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] the final rule on May 10, 2016 (81 FR Meetings are held twice a year. 28974) (‘‘the deeming rule’’) and it will BILLING CODE 4164–01–P Specifically, HRSA is requesting become effective on August 8, 2016. As nominations for voting members of a result, owners and operators of COGME representing: Practicing DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND domestic establishments engaged in the primary care physicians, national and HUMAN SERVICES manufacture, preparation, specialty physician organizations, compounding, or processing of tobacco Health Resources and Services foreign medical graduates, medical products subject to the deeming rule are Administration student and house staff associations, as now required to comply with chapter IX well as representatives of schools of of the FD&C Act, including the Council on Graduate Medical medicine, schools of osteopathic establishment registration and product Education; Request for Nominations medicine, public and private teaching listing requirements in section 905. hospitals, health insurers, business, and AGENCY: Health Resources and Services II. Significance of Guidance Administration, HHS. labor. Among these nominations, This guidance is being issued ACTION: Notice. medical students, residents, and/or consistent with FDA’s good guidance fellows from these programs are practices regulation (§ 10.115). The SUMMARY: The Health Resources and encouraged to apply. guidance represents the current thinking Services Administration (HRSA) is The Department of Health and Human of FDA on registration and product requesting nominations to fill vacancies Services (HHS) will consider listing for owners and operators of on the Council on Graduate Medical nominations of all qualified individuals domestic tobacco product Education (COGME). COGME is with the areas of subject matter establishments. It does not establish any authorized by Section 762 of the Public expertise noted above. Individuals may rights for any person and is not binding Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. nominate themselves or other on FDA or the public. You can use an 294o), as amended. The Advisory individuals, and professional alternative approach if it satisfies the Council is governed by the provisions of associations and organizations may requirements of the applicable statutes the Federal Advisory Act (FACA) (5 nominate one or more qualified persons and regulations. U.S.C. Appendix 2), as amended, which for membership. Nominations shall state sets forth standards for the formation that the nominee is willing to serve as III. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and use of advisory committees, and a member of COGME and appears to This guidance contains information applies to the extent that the provisions have no conflict of interest that would collection provisions that are subject to of FACA do not conflict with the preclude COGME membership. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES review by the Office of Management and requirements of PHS Act Section 762. Potential candidates will be asked to Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork DATES: The agency will receive provide detailed information concerning Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– nominations on a continuous basis. financial interests, consultancies, 3520). The time required to complete ADDRESSES: All nominations should be research grants, and/or contracts that this information collection is estimated submitted to Advisory Council might be affected by recommendations to average 3.75 hours per response, Operations, Bureau of Health of COGME to permit evaluation of including the time to review Workforce, HRSA, 11W45C, 5600 possible sources of conflicts of interest. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Jul 14, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 136 / Friday, July 15, 2016 / Notices 46089 A nomination package should include organized by function to show how agreement applications for the National the following information for each contracted resources are distributed Indian Health Outreach and Education, nominee: throughout the agency. The inventory Policy/Budget/Diabetes (NIHOE–I) (1) A letter of nomination from an has been developed in accordance with limited competition cooperative employer, a colleague, or a professional guidance issued on November 5, 2010 agreement program. This award organization stating the name, and December 19, 2011 by the Office of includes the following four components, affiliation, and contact information for Management and Budget’s Office of as described in this announcement: the nominee, the basis for the Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). ‘‘Line Item 128 Health Education and nomination (i.e., what specific OFPP’s guidance is available at http:// Outreach funds,’’ ‘‘Health Care Policy attributes, perspectives, and/or skills www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ Analysis and Review,’’ ‘‘Budget does the individual possess that would omb/procurement/memo/service- Formulation,’’ and ‘‘Tribal Leaders benefit the workings of the COGME, and contract-inventories-guidance- Diabetes Committee’’ (TLDC). This the nominee’s field(s) of expertise); 11052010.pdf. HHS has posted its program is authorized under the Snyder (2) A letter of self-interest stating the inventory and a summary of the Act, codified at 25 U.S.C. 13. The TLDC reasons the nominee would like to serve inventory on the HHS homepage at the component is authorized by section on COGME; following link: http://www.hhs.gov/ 330C of the Public Health Service Act, (3) A biographical sketch of the grants/contracts/get-ready-to-do- codified at 42 U.S.C. 254c–3. This nominee and a copy of his/her business/service-contract-inventory/ program is described in the Catalog of curriculum vitae; and index.html. Federal Domestic Assistance under (4) The name, address, daytime 93.933. telephone number, and email address at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: which the nominator can be contacted. Questions regarding the service contract Background Nominations will be considered as inventory should be directed to Dr. The NIHOE–I program carries out vacancies occur on COGME. Angela Billups, Associate Deputy health program objectives in American Nominations should be updated and Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) resubmitted every 3 years to continue to Senior Procurement Executive HHS/ communities in the interest of be considered for committee vacancies. Office of the Secretary, Assistant improving Indian health care for all 567 HHS strives to ensure that the Secretary for Financial Resources at Federally-recognized Tribes, including membership of HHS federal advisory 202–260–6187 or Angela.Billups@ Tribal governments operating their own committees is balanced in terms of hhs.gov. health care delivery systems through points of view represented and the Angela Billups, self-determination contracts with the committee’s function. The Department Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for IHS and Tribes that continue to receive encourages nominations of qualified Acquisition, Senior Procurement Executive, health care directly from the IHS. This candidates from all groups and Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, program addresses health policy and locations. Appointment to COGME shall Office of the Secretary. health program issues and disseminates be made without discrimination on the [FR Doc. 2016–16802 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] educational information to all AI/AN basis of age, race, ethnicity, gender, BILLING CODE 4150–24–P Tribes and villages. This program sexual orientation, disability, and requires that public forums be held at cultural, religious, or socioeconomic Tribal educational consumer status. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND conferences to disseminate changes and HUMAN SERVICES updates in the latest health care Jason E. Bennett, information. This program also requires Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. Indian Health Service that regional and national meetings be [FR Doc. 2016–16751 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] coordinated for information BILLING CODE 4165–15–P Office of Direct Service and dissemination as well as the inclusion Contracting Tribes; National Indian of planning and technical assistance and Health Outreach and Education, Policy/ health care recommendations on behalf DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Budget/Diabetes of participating Tribes to ultimately HUMAN SERVICES inform IHS based on Tribal input Announcement Type: Limited New Public Availability of the Department of and Competing Continuation. through a broad based consumer Health and Human Services FY 2015 Funding Announcement Number: network. Service Contract Inventory HHS–2016–IHS–NIHOE–1–PBD–0001. Purpose Catalog of Federal Domestic AGENCY: Department of Health and The purpose of this IHS cooperative Assistance Number: 93.933. Human Services. agreement is to further IHS’s mission ACTION: Notice of public availability of Key Dates and goals related to providing quality FY 2015 Service Contract Inventories. Application Deadline Date: August health care to the AI/AN community 15, 2016. through outreach and education efforts SUMMARY: In accordance with Section with the sole outcome of improving 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Review Date: August 22, 2016. Earliest Anticipated Start Date: Indian health care. This award includes Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. the following four health services 111–117), Department of Health and September 15, 2016. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Proof of Non-Profit Status Due Date: components: Line Item 128 Health Human Services (HHS) is publishing Education and Outreach funds, Health this notice to advise the public of the August 15, 2016. Care Policy Analysis and Review, availability of its FY 2015 Service I. Funding Opportunity Description Budget Formulation, and TLDC. Contract Inventory. This inventory provides information on service contract Statutory Authority Limited Competition Justification actions over $25,000 that was awarded The Indian Health Service (IHS) is Competition for the award included in FY 2015. The information is accepting competitive cooperative in this announcement is limited to VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Jul 14, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1


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ActionNotice.
DatesThe agency will receive nominations on a continuous basis.
ContactJoan Weiss, Ph.D., RN, CRNP, FAAN, Designated Federal Official, COGME at 301-443-0430 or email at [email protected] A copy of the current committee membership, charter, and reports can be obtained by accessing the Web site http:// www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/bhpradvisory/COGME/index.html.
FR Citation81 FR 46088 
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