[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 79627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22256]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Recharter for the Council on Graduate Medical Education

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that 
the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME or Council) is 
rechartered.

DATES: The effective date of the renewed charter is September 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Rogers, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health 
Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15N142, Rockville, Maryland 
20857; 301-443-5260; or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3142435e5654434271594342501f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88fbfae7efedfafbc8e0fafbe9a6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME makes recommendations to the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services and Congress on matters specified by 
section 762 of the Public Health Service Act. Issues addressed by COGME 
include: (1) the supply and distribution of physicians in the United 
States; (2) current and future shortages or excesses of physicians in 
medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties; (3) issues 
relating to internationalmedical school graduates; (4) appropriate 
federal policies with respect to the matters specified in (1), (2), and 
(3) above, including policies concerning changes in the financing of 
undergraduate and graduate medical education programs and changes in 
the types of medical education training in graduate medical education 
programs; (5) appropriate efforts to be carried out by hospitals, 
schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, and accrediting 
bodies with respect to the matters specified in (1), (2), and (3) 
above, including efforts for changes in undergraduate and graduate 
medical education programs; and (6) deficiencies in, and needs for 
improvements in, existing databases concerning the supply and 
distribution of, and postgraduate training programs for, physicians in 
the United States and steps that should be taken to eliminate those 
deficiencies. Not later than September 30, 2023, and not less than 
every 5 years thereafter, COGME shall submit a report on the 
recommendations made by the committee to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives. Additionally, COGME encourages entities 
providing graduate medical education to conduct activities to 
voluntarily achieve the recommendations of the Council; develops, 
publishes, and implements performance measures; develops and publishes 
guidelines for longitudinal evaluations; and recommends appropriation 
levels for certain programs under title VII of the Public Health 
Service Act.
    The renewed charter for COGME was approved on September 18, 2024. 
The filing date is September 30, 2024. The recharter of COGME gives 
authorization for the Council to operate until September 30, 2026.
    A copy of the COGME charter is available on the COGME website at 
https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/cogme-charter.pdf. A copy of the charter also can 
be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is maintained by the 
Committee Management Secretariat under the General Services 
Administration. The website address for the FACA database is http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-22256 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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