38110 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 126 / Thursday, July 1, 2010 / Notices 

U.S. Government. Under section 224 of 

the PHS Act, as amended by the 

Federally Supported Health Centers 

Assistance Act (FSHCAA) of 1992 and 

1995, a section 330-funded health 

center, as well as its officers, directors, 

employees, and certain contractors, may 

be considered deemed to be Federal 

employees for the purpose of medical 

malpractice coverage under the FTCA. 

As such, they are immune from personal 

liability for claims of medical 

malpractice arising from their deemed 

employment, contract for services, or 

duties as an officer or director of the 

deemed health center. FSHCAA requires 

health centers to apply for deemed 

status in order for FTCA coverage to be 

effective. 

HRSA has issued numerous Program 

Information Notices (PINs) and Program 

Assistance Letters (PALs) related to the 

Health Center FTCA Medical 

Malpractice Program. HRSA 

consolidated these PINs and PALs to 

create this FTCA Policy Manual. It is 

intended to convey guidance regarding 

existing policy and current processes, 

and to serve as the principal policy 

resource on FTCA matters for Health 

Center Program grantees and related 

stakeholders. It will be updated as new 

policy and program guidance are issued. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding this notice, please 

contact the HRSA Bureau of Primary 

Health Care, Office of Quality and Data, 

at 301–594–0818. 

Dated: June 24, 2010. 

Mary K. Wakefield, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with section 10(d) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C., Appendix 2), announcement is 

made of a Health Care Policy and 

Research Special Emphasis Panel (SEP) 

meeting. 

A Special Emphasis Panel is a group 

of experts in fields related to health care 

research who are invited by the Agency 

for Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), and agree to be available, to 

conduct on an as needed basis, 

scientific reviews of applications for 

AHRQ support. Individual members of 

the Panel do not attend regularlyscheduled meetings and do not serve for 

fixed terms or a long period of time. 

Rather, they are asked to participate in 

particular review meetings which 

require their type of expertise. 

Substantial segments of the upcoming 

SEP meeting listed below will be closed 

to the public in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

section 10(d) of 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2 

and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). Grant 

applications for the ARRA Limited 

Competition: AHRQ CE Delivery 

Systems (RO1) applications are to be 

reviewed and discussed at this meeting. 

These discussions are likely to reveal 

personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the 

applications. This information is 

exempt from mandatory disclosure 

under the above-cited statutes. 

SEP Meeting on: ARRA Limited 

Competition: AI–JRQ CE Delivery 

Systems (RO1). 

Date: July 22, 2010 (Open on July 22 

from 8 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and closed for 

the remainder of the meeting). 

Place: Doubletree Bethesda Hotel & 

Executive Meeting Center, 8120 

Wisconsin Avenue, Conference Room 

TBD, Bethesda, Maryland 20852. 

Contact Person: Anyone wishing to 

obtain a roster of members, agenda or 

minutes of the nonconfidential portions 

of this meeting should contact Mrs. 

Bonnie Campbell, Committee 

Management Officer, Office of 

Extramural Research, Education and 

Priority Populations, AHRQ, 540 

Gaither Road, Room 2038, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850, Telephone (301) 427– 

1554. 

Agenda items for this meeting are 

subject to change as priorities dictate. 

Dated: June 23, 2010. 

Carolyn M. Clancy, 

Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Meeting of the National Advisory 

Council for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality (AHRQ), HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, this notice 

announces a meeting of the National 

Advisory Council for Healthcare 

Research and Quality. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, July 23, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 

2:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Eisenberg Conference Center, 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, 

Maryland 20850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaime Zimmerman, Coordinator of the 

Advisory Council, at the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 

Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 

20850, (301) 427–1456. For press-related 

information, please contact Karen 

Migdail at (301) 427–1855. 

If sign language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodation for a 

disability is needed, please contact the 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 

Office of Equal Employment 

Opportunity and Diversity Management 

on (301) 827–4840, no later than March 

26, 2010. The agenda, roster, and 

minutes are available from Ms. Bonnie 

Campbell, Committee Management 

Officer, Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, 

Rockville, Maryland 20850. Ms. 

Campbell’s phone number is (301) 427– 

1554. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Purpose 

The National Advisory Council for 

Healthcare Research and Quality was 

established in accordance with Section 

921 (now Section 941) of the Public 

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 299c. In 

accordance with its statutory mandate, 

the Council is to advise the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services and the Director, Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(AHRQ), on matters related to AHRQ’s 

conduct of its mission including 

providing guidance on (A) priorities for 

health care research, (B) the field of 

health care research including training 

needs and information dissemination on 

health care quality and (C) the role of 

the Agency in light of private sector 

activity and opportunities for public 

private partnerships. 

The Council is composed of members 

of the public, appointed by the 

Secretary, and Federal ex-officio 

members specified in the authorizing 

legislation. 

II. Agenda 

On Friday, July 23, the Council 

meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m., with 

the call to order by the Council Chair 

and approval of previous Council 

summary notes. 


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