Health IT Policy Committee and Health IT Standards Committee: Schedule and Recommendations

This notice fulfills obligations under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, Title XIII of Division A and Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5), which amended the Public Health Service Act (PHSA). Section 3003(b)(3) of the PHSA mandates that the Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC) develop an annual schedule for the assessment of policy recommendations developed by the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) and publish the schedule in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills the requirements of section 3003(b)(3) and updates the HITSC schedule posted in the Federal Register on August 10, 2015. This notice also meets the requirements under sections 3002(e) and 3003(e) for publication in the Federal Register of recommendations made by the HITPC and HITSC, respectively. Further, this notice serves to meet the requirements of section 3004(a)(3) for publication in the Federal Register of determinations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding HITSC-recommended certification criteria endorsed by the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.