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the expansion of existing primary care 

residency training programs in 

community-based settings. The primary 

goals of this program are to increase the 

production of primary care providers 

who are better prepared to practice in 

community settings, particularly with 

underserved populations, and improve 

the geographic distribution of primary 

care providers. 

Statute requires the Secretary to 

determine an appropriate THCGME 

program payment for indirect medical 

expenses (IME) as well as to update, as 

deemed appropriate, the per resident 

amount used to determine the Program’s 

payment for direct medical expenses 

(DME). To inform these determinations 

and to increase understanding of this 

model of residency training, the George 

Washington University (GW) is 

conducting an evaluation of the costs 

associated with training residents in the 

Teaching Health Center (THC) model. 

GW has developed a standardized 

costing instrument to gather data from 

all THCGME programs. The information 

gathered in the standardized costing 

instrument includes, but is not limited 

to, resident and faculty full-time 

equivalents, salaries and benefits, 

residency administration costs, 

educational costs, residency clinical 

operations and administrative costs, and 

patient visits and clinical revenue 

generated by medical residents. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: HRSA is collecting costing 

information related to both DME and 

IME in an effort to establish a THC’s 

total cost of running a residency 

program, to assist the Secretary in 

determining an appropriate update to 

the per resident amount used to 

calculate the payment for DME and an 

appropriate IME payment. The 

described data collection activities will 

serve to inform these statutory 

requirements for the Secretary in a 

uniform and consistent manner. 

Likely Respondents: THCGME 

grantees. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Teaching Health Center Costing Instrument ....................... 60 1 60 10 600 

Total .............................................................................. 60 1 60 10 600 

Jackie Painter, 

Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01882 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

[CFDA Number: 93.164] 

Loan Repayment Program for 

Repayment of Health Professions 

Educational Loans Announcement 

Type: Initial 

DATES: Key Dates: February 13, 2015 

first award cycle deadline date; August 

14, 2015 last award cycle deadline date; 

September 11, 2015 last award cycle 

deadline date for supplemental loan 

repayment program funds; September 

30, 2015 entry on duty deadline date. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) 

estimated budget request for Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2015 includes $16,721,135 for the 

IHS Loan Repayment Program (LRP) for 

health professional educational loans 

(undergraduate and graduate) in return 

for full-time clinical service as defined 

in the IHS LRP policy clarifications at 

http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/

documents/LRP_Policy_Updates.pdf in 

Indian health programs. 

This program announcement is 

subject to the appropriation of funds. 

This notice is being published early to 

coincide with the recruitment activity of 

the IHS which competes with other 

Government and private health 

management organizations to employ 

qualified health professionals. 

This program is authorized by the 

Indian Health Care Improvement Act 

(IHCIA) Section 108, codified at 25 

U.S.C. 1616a. 

II. Award Information 

The estimated amount available is 

approximately $16,721,135 to support 

approximately 387 competing awards 

averaging $43,182 per award for a two 

year contract. One year contract 

extensions will receive priority 

consideration in any award cycle. 

Applicants selected for participation in 

the FY 2015 program cycle will be 

expected to begin their service period 

no later than September 30, 2015. 

III. Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 1616(b), to be 

eligible to participate in the LRP, an 

individual must: 

(1)(A) Be enrolled — 

(i) In a course of study or program in an 

accredited institution, as determined by the 

Secretary, within any State and be scheduled 

to complete such course of study in the same 

year such individual applies to participate in 

such program; or 

(ii) In an approved graduate training 

program in a health profession; or 

(B) Have a degree in a health profession 

and a license to practice in a State; and 

(2)(A) Be eligible for, or hold an 

appointment as a commissioned officer in the 

Regular Corps of the Public Health Service 

(PHS); or 

(B) Be eligible for selection for service in 

the Regular Corps of the PHS; or 

(C) Meet the professional standards for 

civil service employment in the IHS; or 

(D) Be employed in an Indian health 

program without service obligation; and 

(E) Submit to the Secretary an application 

for a contract to the LRP. The Secretary must 

approve the contract before the disbursement 

of loan repayments can be made to the 

participant. Participants will be required to 

fulfill their contract service agreements 

through full-time clinical practice at an 

Indian health program site determined by the 

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Secretary. Loan repayment sites are 

characterized by physical, cultural, and 

professional isolation, and have histories of 

frequent staff turnover. Indian health 

program sites are annually prioritized within 

the Agency by discipline, based on need or 

vacancy. The IHS LRP’s ranking system gives 

high site scores to those sites that are most 

in need of specific health professions. 

Awards are given to the applications that 

match the highest priorities until funds are 

no longer available. 

Any individual who owes an 

obligation for health professional 

service to the Federal Government, a 

State, or other entity is not eligible for 

the LRP unless the obligation will be 

completely satisfied before they begin 

service under this program. 

25 U.S.C. 1616a authorizes the IHS 

LRP and provides in pertinent part as 

follows: 

(a)(1) The Secretary, acting through the 

Service, shall establish a program to be 

known as the Indian Health Service Loan 

Repayment Program (hereinafter referred to 

as the Loan Repayment Program) in order to 

assure an adequate supply of trained health 

professionals necessary to maintain 

accreditation of, and provide health care 

services to Indians through, Indian health 

programs. 

25 U.S.C. 1603(10) provides that: 

‘‘Health Profession’’ means allopathic 

medicine, family medicine, internal 

medicine, pediatrics, geriatric medicine, 

obstetrics and gynecology, podiatric 

medicine, nursing, public health nursing, 

dentistry, psychiatry, osteopathy, optometry, 

pharmacy, psychology, public health, social 

work, marriage and family therapy, 

chiropractic medicine, environmental health 

and engineering, an allied health profession, 

or any other health profession. 

For the purposes of this program, the 

term ‘‘Indian health program’’ is defined 

in 25 U.S.C. 1616a(a)(2)(A), as follows: 

(A) The term Indian health program means 

any health program or facility funded, in 

whole or in part, by the Service for the 

benefit of Indians and administered— 

(i) Directly by the Service; 

(ii) By any Indian Tribe or Tribal or Indian 

organization pursuant to a contract under— 

(I) The Indian Self-Determination Act, or 

(II) Section 23 of the Act of April 30, 1908, 

(25 U.S.C. 47), popularly known as the Buy 

Indian Act; or 

(iii) By an urban Indian organization 

pursuant to Title V of this Act. 

25 U.S.C. 1616a, authorizes the IHS to 

determine specific health professions 

for which IHS LRP contracts will be 

awarded. Annually, the Director, 

Division of Health Professions Support, 

sends a letter to the Director, Office of 

Public Health, Tribal leaders, and urban 

Indian health programs directors to 

request a list of positions for which 

there is a need or vacancy. The list of 

priority health professions that follows 

is based upon the needs of the IHS as 

well as upon the needs of American 

Indians and Alaska Natives. 

(a) Medicine: Allopathic and 

Osteopathic. 

(b) Nurse: Associate, B.S. and M.S. 

Degree. 

(c) Clinical Psychology: Ph.D. and 

Psy.D. 

(d) Counseling Psychology: Ph.D. 

(e) Social Work: Licensed Clinical 

Social Worker or Licensed Master Social 

Worker; Masters level only. 

(f) Chemical Dependency Counseling: 

Baccalaureate and Masters level. 

(g) Counseling: Masters level only. 

(h) Dentistry: DDS and DMD. 

(i) Dental Hygiene. 

(j) Dental Assistant: Certified. 

(k) Pharmacy: B.S., Pharm.D. 

(l) Optometry: O.D. 

(m) Physician Assistant: Certified. 

(n) Advanced Practice Nurses: Nurse 

Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, 

Doctor of Nursing, Registered Nurse 

Anesthetist (Priority consideration will 

be given to Registered Nurse 

Anesthetists.). 

(o) Podiatry: D.P.M. 

(p) Physical Rehabilitation Services: 

Physical Therapy, Occupational 

Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, 

and Audiology: M.S. and D.P.T. 

(q) Diagnostic Radiology Technology: 

Certificate, Associate, and B.S. 

(r) Medical Laboratory Scientist, 

Medical Technology, Medical 

Laboratory Technician: Associate and 

B.S. 

(s) Public Health Nutritionist/

Registered Dietitian. 

(t) Engineering (Environmental): B.S. 

(Engineers must provide environmental 

engineering services to be eligible.). 

(u) Environmental Health (Sanitarian): 

B.S. and M.S. 

(v) Health Records: R.H.I.T. and 

R.H.I.A. 

(w) Certified Professional Coder: 

AAPC or AHIMA. 

(x) Respiratory Therapy. 

(y) Ultrasonography. 

(z) Chiropractors: Licensed. 

(aa) Naturopathic Medicine: Licensed. 

(bb) Acupuncturists: Licensed. 

B. Cost Sharing or Matching 

Not applicable. 

C. Other Requirements 

Interested individuals are reminded 

that the list of eligible health and allied 

health professions is effective for 

applicants for FY 2015. These priorities 

will remain in effect until superseded. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

A. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

Each applicant will be responsible for 

submitting a complete application. Go 

to http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment 

for more information on how to apply 

electronically. The application will be 

considered complete if the following 

documents are included: 

• Employment Verification— 

Documentation of your employment 

with an Indian health program as 

applicable: 

Æ Commissioned Corps orders, Tribal 

employment documentation or offer 

letter, or Notification of Personnel 

Action (SF–50)—For current Federal 

employees. 

• License to Practice—A photocopy 

of your current, non-temporary, full and 

unrestricted license to practice (issued 

by any state, Washington, DC or Puerto 

Rico). 

• Loan Documentation—A copy of all 

current statements related to the loans 

submitted as part of the LRP 

application. 

• If applicable, if you are a member 

of a Federally recognized Tribe or 

Alaska Native (recognized by the 

Secretary of the Interior), provide a 

certification of Tribal enrollment by the 

Secretary of the Interior, acting through 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) 

(Certification: Form BIA—4432 Category 

A—Members of Federally-Recognized 

Indian Tribes, Bands or Communities or 

Category D—Alaska Native). 

B. Submission Dates and Address 

Applications for the FY 2015 LRP will 

be accepted and evaluated monthly 

beginning February 13, 2015 and will 

continue to be accepted each month 

thereafter until all funds are exhausted 

for FY 2015. Subsequent monthly 

deadline dates are scheduled for Friday 

of the second full week of each month 

until August 14, 2015. 

Applications shall be considered as 

meeting the deadline if they are either: 

(1) Received on or before the deadline 

date; or 

(2) The documentation is received 

after the deadline date, but has a legible 

postmark dated on or before the 

deadline date. (Applicants should 

request a legibly dated U.S. Postal 

Service postmark or obtain a legibly 

dated receipt from a commercial carrier 

or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered 

postmarks are not acceptable as proof of 

timely mailing). 

Applications submitted after the 

monthly closing date will be held for 

consideration in the next monthly 

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funding cycle. Applicants who do not 

receive funding by September 30, 2015, 

will be notified in writing. 

Application documents should be 

sent to: IHS Loan Repayment Program, 

801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 120, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

C. Intergovernmental Review 

This program is not subject to review 

under Executive Order 12372. 

D. Funding Restrictions 

Not applicable. 

E. Other Submission Requirements 

New applicants are responsible for 

using the online application. Applicants 

requesting a contract extension must do 

so in writing by January 1, 2015 to 

ensure the highest possibility of being 

funded a contract extension. 

V. Application Review Information 

A. Criteria 

The IHS has identified the positions 

in each Indian health program for which 

there is a need or vacancy and ranked 

those positions in order of priority by 

developing discipline-specific 

prioritized lists of sites. Ranking criteria 

for these sites may include the 

following: 

(1) Historically critical shortages 

caused by frequent staff turnover; 

(2) Current unmatched vacancies in a 

health profession discipline; 

(3) Projected vacancies in a health 

profession discipline; 

(4) Ensuring that the staffing needs of 

Indian health programs administered by 

an Indian Tribe or Tribal health 

organization or urban Indian 

organization receive consideration on an 

equal basis with programs that are 

administered directly by the Service; 

and 

(5) Giving priority to vacancies in 

Indian health programs that have a need 

for health professionals to provide 

health care services as a result of 

individuals having breached LRP 

contracts entered into under this 

section. 

Consistent with this priority ranking, 

in determining applications to be 

approved and contracts to accept, the 

IHS will give priority to applications 

made by American Indians and Alaska 

Natives and to individuals recruited 

through the efforts of Indian Tribes or 

Tribal or Indian organizations. 

B. Review and Selection Process 

Loan repayment awards will be made 

only to those individuals serving at 

facilities which have a site score of 70 

or above during the first quarter of FY 

2015, if funding is available. 

One or all of the following factors may 

be applicable to an applicant, and the 

applicant who has the most of these 

factors, all other criteria being equal, 

will be selected. 

(1) An applicant’s length of current 

employment in the IHS, Tribal, or urban 

program. 

(2) Availability for service earlier than 

other applicants (first come, first 

served). 

(3) Date the individual’s application 

was received. 

C. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

Not applicable. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Notice of awards will be mailed on 

the last working day of each month. 

Once the applicant is approved for 

participation in the LRP, the applicant 

will receive confirmation of his/her loan 

repayment award and the duty site at 

which he/she will serve his/her loan 

repayment obligation. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Applicants may sign contractual 

agreements with the Secretary for two 

years. The IHS may repay all, or a 

portion, of the applicant’s health 

profession educational loans 

(undergraduate and graduate) for tuition 

expenses and reasonable educational 

and living expenses in amounts up to 

$20,000 per year for each year of 

contracted service. Payments will be 

made annually to the participant for the 

purpose of repaying his/her outstanding 

health profession educational loans. 

Payment of health profession education 

loans will be made to the participant 

within 120 days, from the date the 

contract becomes effective. The effective 

date of the contract is calculated from 

the date it is signed by the Secretary or 

his/her delegate, or the IHS, Tribal, 

urban, or Buy Indian health center 

entry-on-duty date, whichever is more 

recent. 

In addition to the loan payment, 

participants are provided tax assistance 

payments in an amount not less than 20 

percent and not more than 39 percent of 

the participant’s total amount of loan 

repayments made for the taxable year 

involved. The loan repayments and the 

tax assistance payments are taxable 

income and will be reported to the 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The tax 

assistance payment will be paid to the 

IRS directly on the participant’s behalf. 

LRP award recipients should be aware 

that the IRS may place them in a higher 

tax bracket than they would otherwise 

have been prior to their award. 

C. Contract Extensions 

Any individual who enters this 

program and satisfactorily completes his 

or her obligated period of service may 

apply to extend his/her contract on a 

year-by-year basis, as determined by the 

IHS. Participants extending their 

contracts may receive up to the 

maximum amount of $20,000 per year 

plus an additional 20 percent for 

Federal withholding. 

VII. Agency Contact 

Please address inquiries to Ms. 

Jacqueline K. Santiago, Chief, IHS Loan 

Repayment Program, 801 Thompson 

Avenue, Suite 120, Rockville, Maryland 

20852, Telephone: 301/443–3396 

[between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (EST) 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays]. 

VIII. Other Information 

IHS Area Offices and Service Units 

that are financially able are authorized 

to provide additional funding to make 

awards to applicants in the LRP, but not 

to exceed $35,000 a year plus tax 

assistance. All additional funding must 

be made in accordance with the priority 

system outlined below. Health 

professions given priority for selection 

above the $20,000 threshold are those 

identified as meeting the criteria in 25 

U.S.C. 1616a(g)(2)(A) which provides 

that the Secretary shall consider the 

extent to which each such 

determination: 

(i) Affects the ability of the Secretary 

to maximize the number of contracts 

that can be provided under the LRP 

from the amounts appropriated for such 

contracts; 

(ii) Provides an incentive to serve in 

Indian health programs with the greatest 

shortages of health professionals; and 

(iii) Provides an incentive with 

respect to the health professional 

involved remaining in an Indian health 

program with such a health professional 

shortage, and continuing to provide 

primary health services, after the 

completion of the period of obligated 

service under the LRP. 

Contracts may be awarded to those 

who are available for service no later 

than September 30, 2015 and must be in 

compliance with any limits in the 

appropriation and 25 U.S.C. 1616a not 

to exceed the amount authorized in the 

IHS appropriation (up to $36,000,000 

for FY 2015). In order to ensure 

compliance with the statutes, Area 

Offices or Service Units providing 

additional funding under this section 

are responsible for notifying the LRP of 

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such payments before funding is offered 

to the LRP participant. 

Should an IHS Area Office contribute 

to the LRP, those funds will be used for 

only those sites located in that Area. 

Those sites will retain their relative 

ranking from the national site-ranking 

list. For example, the Albuquerque Area 

Office identifies supplemental monies 

for dentists. Only the dental positions 

within the Albuquerque Area will be 

funded with the supplemental monies 

consistent with the national ranking and 

site index within that Area. 

Should an IHS Service Unit 

contribute to the LRP, those funds will 

be used for only those sites located in 

that Service Unit. Those sites will retain 

their relative ranking from the national 

site-ranking list. For example, 

Whiteriver Service Unit identifies 

supplemental monies for nurses. The 

Whiteriver Service Unit consists of two 

facilities, namely the Whiteriver PHS 

Indian Hospital and the Cibecue Indian 

Health Center. The national ranking will 

be used for the Whiteriver PHS Indian 

Hospital (Score = 79) and the Cibecue 

Indian Health Center (Score = 95). With 

a score of 95, the Cibecue Indian Health 

Center would receive priority over the 

Whiteriver PHS Indian Hospital. 

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Acting Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01958 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Office of Technology Transfer; Notice 

of meetings 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Intramural Research (OIR), 

National Institutes of Health (NIH), will 

host two webinars to enable public 

discussion of its proposal to reorganize 

the OIR Office of Technology Transfer 

(OTT). The proposal seeks to align 

authority and responsibility for the 

implementation and execution of 

patenting and licensing (P&L) functions 

within the NIH Institutes and Centers. 

DATES: The first webinar will be held on 

February 13th from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. 

The second webinar will be held on 

February 13th from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. 

Members of the public wishing to join 

a webinar must register via the webinar 

link provided. Any interested person 

may also file written comments by 

sending an email to Deborah Kassilke, 

kassilked@mail.nih.gov by Tuesday, 

February 17th, 2015. The written 

comment should include the 

commenter’s name and, when 

applicable, professional affiliation. 

ADDRESSES: Session 1: February 13, 

2015 from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. https://nih.

webex.com/nih/j.php?MTID=m2a6eb

40ebe096afad861f0b5e941f9bc. 

Session 2: February 13, 2015 from 

10:00 to 10:30 a.m. https://nih.webex.

com/nih/j.php?MTID=m8c50a

9e8b5454a39b4fa24d9df412fab. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Kassilke, kassilked@

mail.nih.gov, 301–435–2950. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

background of the proposed OTT 

reorganization is as follows. 

The Advisory Committee to the NIH 

Deputy Director for Intramural 

Research, and the Technology Transfer 

Steering Committee (TTSC) recently 

assessed OTT to determine how it 

services the overall technology transfer 

needs of the NIH. The committees 

recommended that the authority and 

responsibility for the implementation 

and execution of patenting and 

licensing should be decentralized from 

OTT and distributed throughout the 

NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). In 

September 2014, the NIH Steering 

Committee accepted this 

recommendation. 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Lawrence Tabak, 

Principal Deputy Director, National Institutes 

of Health. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01964 Filed 1–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Neurological 

Disorders and Stroke, Muscular 

Dystrophy Coordinating Committee 

Call for Committee Membership 

Nominations 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) is seeking nominations 

of individuals to serve as non-federal 

public members on the Muscular 

Dystrophy Coordinating Committee. 

DATES: Nominations are due by close of 

business, February 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations must be sent 

to Glen Nuckolls, Ph.D., by email to 

nuckollg@ninds.nih.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Glen 

Nuckolls, Ph.D., by email to nuckollg@

ninds.nih.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating 

Committee (MDCC) is a federal advisory 

committee established in accordance 

with the Muscular Dystrophy 

Community Assistance, Research, and 

Education Amendments of 2001 (MD– 

CARE Act; Public Law 107–84. The 

MD–CARE Act was reauthorized in 

2008 by Public Law 110–361, and again 

in 2014 by Public Law 113–166. The 

2014 reauthorization mandated changes 

to the membership of the MDCC, 

resulting in the addition of one public 

member. Nominations of non-federal 

public members will be accepted 

between January 30, 2015 and February 

27, 2015. 

Who is Eligible: Nominations of new 

non-federal public members interested 

in advancing muscular dystrophy 

research and reducing the burden of 

disease are encouraged. Selfnominations and nominations of other 

individuals are both permitted. Only 

one nomination per individual is 

required. Multiple nominations for the 

same individual will not increase 

likelihood of selection. Non-federal 

public members may be selected from 

the pool of submitted nominations and 

other sources as needed to meet 

statutory requirements and to form a 

balanced committee that represents the 

diversity within the muscular dystrophy 

community. Those eligible for 

nomination include leaders or 

representatives of major muscular 

dystrophy research, advocacy, and 

service organizations, parents or 

guardians of individuals with muscular 

dystrophy, individuals with muscular 

dystrophy and service providers, 

educators, researchers, and other 

individuals with professional or 

personal experience with muscular 

dystrophy. In accordance with White 

House Office of Management and 

Budget guidelines (FR Doc. 2014– 

19140), federally-registered lobbyists are 

not eligible. 

Committee Composition: In 

accordance with the Committee’s 

authorizing statute, 2⁄3 of members of the 

Coordinating Committee shall represent 

government agencies and 1⁄3 of members 

shall be public members ‘‘including a 

broad cross section of persons affected 

with muscular dystrophies including 

parents or legal guardians, affected 

individuals, researchers, and 

clinicians.’’ 

The Department strives to ensure that 

the membership of HHS Federal 

advisory committees is fairly balanced 

in terms of points of view represented 

and the committee’s function. Every 

effort is made to ensure that the views 

of women, all ethnic and racial groups, 

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