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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 50442-50443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20690]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 5

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically 
Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas; Notice 
of Meeting

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of 
Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage 
Areas.

DATES: Meetings will be held on September 20, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 6 
p.m.; September 21, 2011, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and September 22, 2011, 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the Legacy Hotel and Meeting 
Centre, 1775 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 881-2300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact 
Jessica Sitko, Office of Policy Coordination,

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Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Room 9-29, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone (301) 443-6861, E-mail: 
[email protected] or visit http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The purpose of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on 
Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health 
Professional Shortage Areas is to establish a criteria and a 
comprehensive methodology for Designation of Medically Underserved 
Populations and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas, using 
a Negotiated Rulemaking (NR) process. It is hoped that use of the NR 
process will yield a consensus among technical experts and stakeholders 
on a new rule for designation of medically underserved populations and 
primary care health professions shortage areas, which would be 
published as an Interim Final Rule in accordance with Section 5602 of 
the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.
    Agenda: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20; 
Wednesday, September 21; and Thursday, September 22. It will include a 
review of previous decisions and analyses regarding the proposed 
methodologies for identifying areas of shortage and underservice that 
are based on the recommendations of the Committee in the previous 
meeting. The Committee will seek to make final recommendations based on 
these analyses and deliberations. The Committee's final report is due 
to the Secretary by the end of October.
    Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide comments 
during the meeting on Friday afternoon. Requests from the public to 
make oral comments or to provide written comments to the Committee 
should be sent to Jessica Sitko at the contact address above at least 
10 days prior to the first day of the meeting, Wednesday, September 20. 
The meetings will be open to the public as indicated above, with 
attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend 
and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or 
other reasonable accommodations, should notify the contact person 
listed above at least 10 days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: August 10, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-20690 Filed 8-12-11; 8:45 am]
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