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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89649-89650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26198]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

Charter Renewal for the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders 
in Newborns and Children

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 Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children 
(ACHDNC) charter has been renewed.

DATES: The effective date of charter renewal is November 10, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leticia Manning, Maternal and Child 
Health Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 18N38A, Rockville, Maryland 
20857; 301-443-8335; or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACHDNC provides advice and recommendations 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) on the 
development of newborn screening activities, technologies, policies, 
guidelines, and programs for effectively reducing morbidity and 
mortality in newborns and children having, or at risk for, heritable 
disorders. ACHDNC reviews and reports regularly on newborn and 
childhood screening practices, recommends improvements in the national 
newborn and childhood screening programs, and fulfills requirements 
stated in the authorizing legislation. In addition, ACHDNC's 
recommendations regarding inclusion of conditions for screening on the 
Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, following adoption by the 
Secretary, are evidence-informed preventive health services provided 
for in the comprehensive guidelines supported by HRSA pursuant to 
section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-13). 
Under this provision, non-grandfathered group health plans and health 
insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group or individual health 
insurance are required to provide insurance coverage without cost-
sharing (a co-payment, co-insurance, or deductible) for preventive 
services for plan years (i.e., policy years) beginning on or after the 
date that is 1 year from the Secretary's adoption of the condition for 
screening.
    The charter renewal for the ACHDNC was approved on October 29, 
2024. The filing date is November 10, 2024. Renewal of the ACHDNC 
charter

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authorizes the committee to operate until November 10, 2026
    A copy of the ACHDNC charter is available on the ACHDNC website at 
https://www.hrsa.gov/advisory-committees/heritable-disorders/index.html. 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. 2024-26198 Filed 11-12-24; 8:45 am]
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