48098 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 1997 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators

was established by Subtitle D, section

232 of the Social Security Act

Amendments of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–432).

The duties of the Advisory Board

include (A) providing advice and

recommendations to the Secretary of

Health and Human Services on the

development of indicators of the rate at

which and, to the extent feasible, the

degree to which, families depend on

income from welfare programs and the

duration of welfare receipt and (B)

providing advice on the development

and presentation of annual welfare

indicators reports to the Congress

required by the Social Security Act

Amendments of 1994.

The meeting of the Advisory Board is

open to the public. The agenda for the

September 25 meeting includes

discussion of the first annual welfare

indicators report to Congress. The report

will include analysis of families and

individuals receiving assistance under

means-tested benefit programs under

part A of title IV of the Social Security

Act, the Food Stamp Act of 1977, and

title XVI of the Social Security Act, or

as general assistance under programs

administered by state and local

governments. At a minimum, the report

is required to set forth indicators of the

rate at which and, to the extent feasible,

the degree to which, families depend on

income from welfare programs and the

duration of receipt; trends in indicators;

predictors of welfare receipt; the causes

of welfare receipt; and patterns of

multiple program receipt. A final

agenda will be available from the office

of the Assistant Secretary for Planning

and Evaluation—Human Services Policy

on September 19, 1997.

Records will be kept of the Advisory

Board proceedings, and will be available

for public inspection at offices of the

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation—Human Services Policy,

200 Independence Avenue, S.W., room

404–E, Washington, D.C. 20201 between

the hours of 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Patricia Ruggles,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human

Services Policy, ASPE.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

Advisory Committee Meeting;

Cancellation

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is cancelling the

joint meeting of the Nonprescription

Drugs Advisory Committee and the

Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory

Committee scheduled for September 19,

1997. The meeting was announced in

the Federal Register of August 14, 1997

(62 FR 43539).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andera G. Neal or Leander B. Madoo,

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

(HFD–21), Food and Drug

Administration 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, 301–443–5455, or

call the FDA Advisory Committee

Information Line, 1–800–741–8138

(301–443–0572 in the Washington, DC

area), codes 12541 and 12545.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Michael A. Friedman,

Deputy Commissioner for Operations.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

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RIN 0938–AI23

State Children’s Health Insurance

Program; Reserved Allotments to

States for Fiscal Year 1998; Enhanced

Federal Medical Assistance

Percentages

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice provides advance

notification of the reserved fiscal year

(FY) 1998 State allotments available to

provide Federal funding to individual

States, Commonwealths, and Territories

for expenditures in the new State

Children’s Health Insurance Program

established under title XXI of the Social

Security Act. The notice also describes

the methodology and process that HCFA

used to determine these reserved

allotments in accordance with section

2104 of the Act. These reserved State

allotments are estimates of States’ FY

1998 title XXI allotments, assuming that

each State were to submit, and receive

approval for, a State child health plan.

Under title XXI the amount of a State’s

allotment for a fiscal year is available for

3 years for States with approved child

health plans.

This notice also specifies the

enhanced Federal medical assistance

percentages (FMAP) for child health

assistance provided under Title XXI for

fiscal year 1998.

Established by section 4901 of the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L.

105–33), the State Children’s Health

Insurance Program will provide Federal

matching funds to States to initiate and

expand health insurance coverage to

uninsured, low-income children.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Strauss, (410) 786–2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Background on New

Legislation

Section 490l of the Balanced Budget

Act of 1997 (BBA, Pub. L. 105–33,