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Lamont, OASPE, 200 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 424E, Washington, 

DC 20201. Comments may also be sent 

to napa@hhs.gov. Those submitting 

written comments should identify 

themselves and any relevant 

organizational affiliations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Helen Lamont (202) 690–7996, 

helen.lamont@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Topics of 

the Meeting: The Advisory Council will 

discuss the Draft National Plan to 

Address Alzheimer’s Disease. 

Procedure and Agenda: This 

teleconference meeting is open to the 

public. The chairs of the three 

subcommittees (Research, Clinical Care, 

Long-Term Services and Supports) will 

summarize feedback from their 

subcommittees on the Draft National 

Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease. 

This feedback will be discussed among 

the full Advisory Council. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 11225; Section 2(e)(3) 

of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. The 

panel is governed by provisions of Public 

Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 

2), which sets forth standards for the 

formation and use of advisory committees. 

Dated: February 24, 2012. 

Sherry Glied, 

Assistant Secretary for Planning and 

Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5034 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary; Departmental 

Appeals Board; Statement of 

Organization, Functions and 

Delegations of Authority 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Departmental Appeals Board, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Departmental Appeals 

Board is announcing this reorganization 

which allows for greater flexibility and 

better reflects the current work 

environment and priorities within the 

organization. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Peltzer, 202–565–0169. 

This notices amends Part A (Office of 

the Secretary), Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority of the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) at Chapter AH, 

Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), as 

last amended at 60 FR 52403- 52405, 

dated October 6, 1995, as follows: 

I. Under Section AH.10 Organization, 

add ‘‘DAB’’ as a parenthetical after the 

‘‘Departmental Appeals Board.’’ Under 

Section AH.10 Organization, Paragraph 

A, delete ‘‘The Immediate Office of the 

Departmental Appeals Board,’’ and 

replace with ‘‘The Immediate Office of 

the Chair’’; delete ‘‘(3) The Director of 

Administration’’ in its entirety and 

renumber the remaining list. Under 

Section AH.10 Organization, add 

Paragraph F, The Operations Division 

and reorganize the preceding paragraphs 

as follows: Paragraph B, The Appellate 

Division; Paragraph C, The Civil 

Remedies Division; Paragraph D, The 

Medicare Operations Division. 

II. Under Section AH.20, Functions, 

Paragraph A, delete ‘‘Departmental 

Appeals Board’’ and replace with 

‘‘Chair’’ and, except for references to 

‘‘Board Member,’’ replace references to 

the ‘‘Board’’ with ‘‘DAB.’’ Delete the 

remaining Paragraphs and replace with 

the following: 

B. The Appellate Division provides 

attorney support to assist in the Board’s 

administrative review of such cases as: 

(1) Disallowances of federal grant funds 

under Titles I, IV, X, XIV, XIX and XX 

of the Social Security Act; (2) 

determinations by the Administrative 

Law Judges in civil remedies cases; (3) 

disapprovals of state plans and state 

plan amendments under section 

1116(a)(2) of the Social Security Act; (4) 

disputes involving direct discretionary 

grants, cost allocation plans and indirect 

cost rates; (5) challenges to the validity 

of National Coverage Determinations 

issued by the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services; (6) disputes 

involving civil rights reviews; and (7) 

adverse reimbursement determinations 

under the reinsurance program 

established by the Patient Protection 

and Affordable Care Act. The Division 

is headed by a Director who is a 

supervisory attorney and manages the 

Division’s resources and advises Board 

Members. Attorneys in the Division 

research legal issues, review and 

evaluate case files, briefs and 

transcripts; assist in pre-hearing 

proceedings; draft decisions; provide 

advice and assistance to Board Members 

on the conduct of cases and decisions; 

and assist at hearings. 

C. The Civil Remedies Division 

provides attorney support to 

Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) to 

assist the ALJs in the hearing and 

disposition of such cases as: (1) 

Sanctions by the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services and the HHS 

Inspector General against persons and 

entities associated with participation as 

a provider in federally funded health 

care programs or as an employee, 

contractor, or other fiscal relationship 

with the Department; (2) contract 

declinations and other adverse actions 

by the Indian Health Service; (3) 

termination of federal funding and other 

sanctions by the Office for Civil Rights; 

(4) certain adverse actions involving the 

Social Security Administration; and (5) 

civil money penalty matters that the 

Food and Drug Administration’s Center 

for Tobacco Products brings against 

retailers for violations of provisions of 

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act. The Division is headed by a 

Director who is a supervisory attorney 

who manages the Division’s resources 

and assigns cases to the ALJs. Attorneys 

in the Division research legal issues; 

review and evaluate case files, briefs 

and transcripts; assist in pre-hearing 

proceedings; draft decisions; provide 

advice and assistance to ALJs on the 

conduct of cases and decisions; and 

assist at hearings. 

D. The Medicare Operations Division 

provides attorney support to assist in 

review of ALJ decisions issued by the 

Office of Medicare Hearings and 

Appeals regarding entitlement to 

Medicare and individual claims for 

Medicare coverage and payment filed by 

beneficiaries or health care providers/ 

suppliers sought under title XVIII of the 

Social Security Act. The Division is 

headed by a Director who is a 

supervisory attorney who assigns cases 

and oversees the Division’s operations. 

Attorneys in the Division research legal 

issues; review and evaluate case files, 

briefs and transcripts; assist in prehearing proceedings; draft decisions; 

provide advice and assistance to 

Administrative Appeals Judges on the 

conduct of cases and decisions; and 

assist at hearings. 

E. The Alternative Dispute Resolution 

Division provides Alternative Dispute 

Resolution (ADR) services in appeals 

filed with any of the Board’s three 

adjudicative Divisions. The ADR 

Division also supports the HHS Dispute 

Resolution Specialist (Chair, 

Departmental Appeals Board) in 

carrying out his/her responsibilities for 

ADR policy and program development 

under the Administrative Dispute 

Resolution Act. The ADR Division’s 

services and support include: Mediation 

of program disputes filed with DAB; 

organizational ombuds assistance to 

members of the public and parties to 

cases; ADR policy guidance to HHS 

management; regulatory negotiation for 

HHS program divisions; mediation and 

organizational intervention in EEO and 

workplace disputes; oversight of the 

Sharing Neutrals Program (a mediator 

exchange for local federal agencies), and 

training in conflict management 

techniques. The Division is headed by a 

Director who is a supervisory attorney 


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and provides overall substantive and 

resource management. Professional staff 

consists of attorneys and dispute 

resolution specialists who conduct ADR 

interventions and training. 

F. The Operations Division provides 

paralegal and other professional 

administrative staff support to each of 

the DAB’s divisions, including 

administrative assistance with prehearing proceedings, preparing certified 

records for submission to Federal 

courts, preparing responses to Freedom 

of Information Act requests, and 

providing overall clerical support. Other 

primary functions include: (1) 

Coordinating contracting and 

purchasing requirements of the DAB; (2) 

coordinating travel arrangements; (3) 

overseeing facilities management; and 

(4) overseeing office security and safety. 

The Division is headed by a Director 

who provides overall resource 

management. 

III. Delegations of Authority. All 

delegations and redelegations of 

authority made to officials and 

employees of affected organizational 

components will continue in them or 

their successors pending further 

redelegation, provided that they are 

consistent with this reorganization. 

Dated: February 23, 2012. 

E.J. Holland, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5027 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Fees for Sanitation Inspections of 

Cruise Ships 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), located 

within the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), announces fees 

for vessel sanitation inspections. These 

inspections are conducted by CDC’s 

Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). VSP 

assists the cruise line industry in 

fulfilling its responsibility for 

developing and implementing 

comprehensive sanitation programs to 

minimize the risk for acute 

gastroenteritis. Every vessel that has a 

foreign itinerary and carries 13 or more 

passengers is subject to twice-yearly 

inspections and, when necessary, reinspection. 

DATES: These fees are effective March 2, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

CAPT Jaret T. Ames, Chief, Vessel 

Sanitation Program, National Center for 

Environmental Health, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 

Buford Highway NE., MS–F–59, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30341–3717, phone: 800–323– 

2132 or 954–356–6650, email: vsp@cdc.

gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Background 

CDC established VSP in the 1970s as 

a cooperative activity with the cruise 

ship industry. VSP assists the cruise 

ship industry to prevent and control the 

introduction, transmission, and spread 

of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise 

ships. VSP operates under the authority 

of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 264, ‘‘Control of Communicable 

Diseases’’). Regulations under 42 CFR 

71.41 (Foreign Quarantine— 

Requirements Upon Arrival at U.S. 

Ports: Sanitary Inspection; General 

Provisions) states that carriers arriving 

at U.S. Ports from foreign areas are 

subject to sanitary inspections to 

determine whether there exists rodent, 

insect, or other vermin infestations, 

contaminated food or water, or other 

sanitary conditions requiring measures 

for the prevention of the introduction, 

transmission, or spread of 

communicable diseases. 

The fee schedule for sanitation 

inspections of passenger cruise ships 

inspected under VSP was first 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 24, 1987 (52 FR 45019). CDC 

began collecting fees on March 1, 1988. 

This notice announces fees that are 

effective March 2, 2012. 

The following formula is used to 

determine the fees: 

The average cost per inspection is 

multiplied by size and cost factors to 

determine the fee for vessels in each 

size category. The size and cost factors 

were established in the proposed fee 

schedule published in the Federal 

Register on July 17, 1987 (52 FR 27060). 

The fee schedule was most recently 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 26, 2008 (73 FR 72053). The 

current size and cost factors are 

presented in Appendix A. 

Fee 

The fee schedule (Appendix A) will 

be effective March 2, 2012 through 

September 30, 2012. The fee schedule 

has not changed since October 1, 2006. 

If travel expenses continue to increase, 

the fees may need to be adjusted before 

September 30, 2012, because travel 

constitutes a sizable portion of VSP’s 

costs. If a fee adjustment is necessary, a 

notice will be published in the Federal 

Register 30 days before the effective 

date. 

Applicability 

The fees will apply to all passenger 

cruise vessels for which inspections are 

conducted as part of CDC’s VSP. 

Dated: February 22, 2012. 

Tanja Popovic, 

Deputy Associate Director for Science, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Appendix A 


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