Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 110 / Friday, June 7, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 34261 

(b) Effective and Enforcement Period. 

This safety zone will be effective and 

enforced from May 17, 2013, until 

November 30, 2013. 

(c) Regulations. 

(1) In accordance with the general 

regulations in § 165.23 of this part, entry 

into, transiting, or anchoring within this 

safety zone is prohibited unless 

authorized by the Captain of the Port, 

Lake Michigan or his designated onscene representative. 

(2) This safety zone is closed to all 

vessel traffic, except as may be 

permitted by the Captain of the Port, 

Lake Michigan or his designated onscene representative. The Captain of the 

Port, Lake Michigan or his on-scene 

representative may make exceptions to 

the restrictions of this safety zone for 

vessels intending to transit the Illinois 

River via the Marseilles Lock Canal and 

its approach channel south of Marseilles 

Dam. Notice of this exception, or other 

exceptions, will be made via Broadcast 

Notice to Mariners. 

(3) The ‘‘on-scene representative’’ of 

the Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan 

is any Coast Guard commissioned, 

warrant or petty officer who has been 

designated by the Captain of the Port, 

Lake Michigan to act on his behalf. 

(4) Vessel operators desiring to enter 

or operate within the safety zone shall 

contact the Captain of the Port, Lake 

Michigan or his on-scene representative 

to obtain permission to do so. The 

Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan or 

his on-scene representative may be 

contacted via VHF Channel 16. Vessel 

operators given permission to enter or 

operate in the safety zone must comply 

with all directions given to them by the 

Captain of the Port, Lake Michigan, or 

his on-scene representative. 

Dated: May 17, 2013. 

M.W. Sibley, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Lake Michigan. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13520 Filed 6–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter III 

[CFDA Number: 84.133B–10] 

Final Priority—National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research—Rehabilitation Research 

and Training Centers 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Final priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by the National Institute 

on Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research (NIDRR). 

Specifically, we announce a priority 

for a Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Center (RRTC) on Promoting 

Healthy Aging for Individuals with 

Long-Term Physical Disabilities. The 

Assistant Secretary may use this priority 

for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2013 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend this priority to 

improve health and function outcomes 

for individuals aging with long-term 

physical disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: This priority is 

effective July 8, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5133, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by email: 

marlene.spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act). 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers 

The purpose of the RRTCs, which are 

funded through the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program, is to achieve the goals 

of, and improve the effectiveness of, 

services authorized under the 

Rehabilitation Act through advanced 

research, training, technical assistance, 

and dissemination activities in general 

problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. 

These activities are designed to benefit 

rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. Additional information on 

the RRTC program can be found at: 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priority in the Federal Register on 

March 6, 2013 (78 FR 14483). That 

notice contained background 

information and our reasons for 

proposing the particular priority. 

There are differences between the 

proposed priority and this final priority 

as discussed under Analysis of 

Comments and Changes. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the notice of proposed 

priority, three parties submitted 

comments on the proposed priority. 

Generally, we do not address 

technical and other minor changes or 

suggested changes the law does not 

authorize us to make under the 

applicable statutory authority. In 

addition, we do not address general 

comments that raised concerns not 

directly related to the proposed priority. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes: 

An analysis of the comments and of any 

changes in the priority since publication 

of the notice of proposed priority 

follows. 

Comment: Two commenters asked 

NIDRR to clarify the meaning of the 

phrase ‘‘individuals with long-term 

physical disabilities’’ so that applicants 

can submit proposals that are in line 

with NIDRR’s intent. 

Discussion: The proposed priority did 

not define ‘‘individuals with long-term 

physical disabilities.’’ In the final 

priority we clarify that the phrase 

‘‘individuals with long-term physical 

disabilities’’ refers to individuals who 

acquired a disability during the life 

course from birth to childhood to 

middle age and are now aging with their 

disability. Although NIDRR is providing 

this clarification, we are purposefully 

using broad terminology to allow 

applicants to choose the target 

population or populations that are most 

relevant to their research questions and 

purposes. We do not want to preclude 

promising research by providing an 

overly prescriptive definition of the 

target population. The peer review 

process will determine the merits of 

each proposal. 

Changes: NIDRR has revised the 

opening paragraph of the priority to add 


pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with RULES
34262 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 110 / Friday, June 7, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 

a sentence to clarify that the phrase 

‘‘individuals with long-term physical 

disabilities’’ refers to those individuals 

who acquired a disability during the life 

course from birth to childhood to 

middle age and are now aging with their 

disability. 

Comment: Two commenters noted 

that the priority requires the RRTC to 

provide training to rehabilitation 

providers and other disability service 

providers (paragraph (c)(ii)) in order to 

facilitate more effective delivery of 

services. These commenters suggested 

that, by limiting the recipients of the 

required training to service providers, 

NIDRR may be limiting the knowledge 

that is available to consumers and 

reinforcing the knowledge barrier 

between service providers and 

consumers. These commenters 

suggested that NIDRR modify paragraph 

(c)(ii) to require the RRTC to provide 

training to consumers and service 

providers. 

Discussion: We based the 

requirements in paragraph (c)(ii) 

directly on the Federal regulations that 

govern the RRTC program. The 

regulations in 34 CFR 350.22(b)(1) and 

(2) require that training be provided to 

rehabilitation personnel to enable them 

to more effectively provide services and 

to rehabilitation research personnel to 

improve their capacity to conduct 

research. Nothing in these regulations or 

in the priority precludes applicants 

from proposing to provide training to 

individuals with disabilities. However, 

we do not have sufficient authority to 

require all applicants to do so. 

At the same time, the regulations in 

34 CFR 350.22(c) require the RRTC to 

serve as an informational and technical 

assistance resource for both providers 

and individuals with disabilities and 

their representatives through such 

means as conferences, workshops, 

public education programs, in-service 

training programs, and similar activities. 

In light of these requirements relating to 

provision of technical assistance, which 

are summarized in paragraph (c)(i) of 

the priority, we do not believe the 

priority limits the amount of 

information that would be available to 

consumers. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: One commenter requested 

that NIDRR require the RRTC to conduct 

mechanistic studies of experimental 

animals that complement studies of 

humans with spinal cord injury (SCI) 

and require other studies of 

psychosocial, behavioral, and health 

effects of SCI on SCI caregivers. 

Discussion: Nothing in the priority 

precludes applicants from proposing the 

types of studies that are suggested by 

the commenter or from choosing to 

specify their target population as 

individuals with SCI. However, NIDRR 

does not wish to further specify the 

research requirements or target 

populations in the way suggested by the 

commenter and thereby limit the 

number and breadth of applications 

submitted under this priority. The peer 

review process will determine the 

merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: Referring to the definitions 

that were provided in the notice, two 

commenters noted that the research 

stages, as defined, apply only to 

research on interventions. They noted 

that the focus on interventions does not 

allow applicants to describe the 

maturity of, or the stages involved in, 

other kinds of research, such as 

observational research or research 

toward the development of diagnostic or 

outcome assessment tools. These 

commenters suggested that NIDRR 

acknowledge that non-intervention 

research can be conducted in stages and 

develop and publish ‘‘stages of 

research’’ that are not focused on 

interventions. The commenters stated 

that, if NIDRR does not develop these 

additional stages of research, applicants 

who propose research that does not fit 

in the current stages should be exempt 

from identifying a research stage. The 

commenters expressed concern that 

research that is not focused on 

interventions may not be assessed 

properly by peer reviewers or may be 

seen by peer reviewers as less worthy of 

funding. 

Discussion: NIDRR’s statutory 

mandate and mission compels us to 

support research that produces 

interventions (e.g., practices, programs, 

policies) with positive effects (improved 

outcomes in community living and 

participation, employment, health and 

function) on the lives of individuals 

with disabilities. In this context, we 

have provided these research stages as 

basic guidelines to help researchers 

think about, plan, and describe how 

their research is aligned with our broad 

goal of improving outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities. 

NIDRR does not plan to develop and 

publish ‘‘stages of research’’ that are not 

focused on interventions. We recognize 

that research directed toward the 

development of a new disability 

outcomes measure, for example, may be 

in an advanced or mature stage of 

development. Applicants are free to 

describe the maturity, or staging of, their 

proposed research using any framework 

that they deem appropriate. However, 

NIDRR believes that all disability and 

rehabilitation research can and should 

be categorized under the stages we 

described so that it is clear how the 

research that we sponsor is aligned with 

the practical intent of our authorizing 

legislation and our mission. 

NIDRR views no single research stage 

as more important than another. By 

providing a framework for applicants to 

describe how their research is currently 

needed at a particular stage and to 

describe the foundation laid for it at 

earlier stages of research, we aim to help 

propel research from exploratory stages 

to scale-up stages in which benefits can 

be experienced by large numbers of 

individuals with disabilities. NIDRR is 

actively developing peer reviewer 

orientation strategies to ensure that peer 

reviewers understand that NIDRR values 

high-quality at every stage of research. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: None. 

Discussion: NIDRR thinks that it is 

important to include individuals with 

disabilities among the stakeholder 

groups who are involved in the research 

activities conducted under paragraph 

(a). 

Changes: In paragraph (d) of the 

priority we clarified that ‘‘key 

stakeholder groups’’ include individuals 

with long-term disabilities. 

Final Priority 

Background: This final priority is in 

concert with NIDRR’s Long-Range Plan 

for Fiscal Years 2013–2017 (Plan). The 

Plan, which was published in the 

Federal Register on April 4, 2013 (78 FR 

20299), can be accessed on the Internet 

at the following site: www.ed.gov/about/ 

offices/list/osers/nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to improve the health 

and functioning, employment, and 

community living and participation of 

individuals with disabilities through 

comprehensive programs of research, 

engineering, training, technical 

assistance, and knowledge translation 

and dissemination. The Plan reflects 

NIDRR’s commitment to quality, 

relevance, and balance in its programs 

to ensure appropriate attention to all 

aspects of well-being of individuals 

with disabilities and to all types and 

degrees of disability, including lowincidence and severe disability. 

This priority reflects a major area or 

domain of NIDRR’s research agenda 

(health and function), combined with a 

specific broad disability population 

(long-term physical disability). 

Definitions: 

The research that is proposed under 

this priority must be focused on one or 

more stages of research. If the RRTC is 

to conduct research that can be 

categorized under more than one 


pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with RULES
Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 110 / Friday, June 7, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 34263 

research stage, or research that 

progresses from one stage to another, 

those research stages must be clearly 

specified. For purposes of this priority, 

the stages of research, which we 

published on May 7, 2013 (78 FR 

26513), are: 

(i) Exploration and Discovery means 

the stage of research that generates 

hypotheses or theories by conducting 

new and refined analyses of data, 

producing observational findings, and 

creating other sources of research-based 

information. This research stage may 

include identifying or describing the 

barriers to and facilitators of improved 

outcomes of individuals with 

disabilities, as well as identifying or 

describing existing practices, programs, 

or policies that are associated with 

important aspects of the lives of 

individuals with disabilities. Results 

achieved under this stage of research 

may inform the development of 

interventions or lead to evaluations of 

interventions or policies. The results of 

the exploration and discovery stage of 

research may also be used to inform 

decisions or priorities. 

(ii) Intervention Development means 

the stage of research that focuses on 

generating and testing interventions that 

have the potential to improve outcomes 

for individuals with disabilities. 

Intervention development involves 

determining the active components of 

possible interventions, developing 

measures that would be required to 

illustrate outcomes, specifying target 

populations, conducting field tests, and 

assessing the feasibility of conducting a 

well-designed intervention study. 

Results from this stage of research may 

be used to inform the design of a study 

to test the efficacy of an intervention. 

(iii) Intervention Efficacy means the 

stage of research during which a project 

evaluates and tests whether an 

intervention is feasible, practical, and 

has the potential to yield positive 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities. Efficacy research may assess 

the strength of the relationships 

between an intervention and outcomes, 

and may identify factors or individual 

characteristics that affect the 

relationship between the intervention 

and outcomes. Efficacy research can 

inform decisions about whether there is 

sufficient evidence to support ‘‘scalingup’’ an intervention to other sites and 

contexts. This stage of research can 

include assessing the training needed 

for wide-scale implementation of the 

intervention, and approaches to 

evaluation of the intervention in real 

world applications. 

(iv) Scale-Up Evaluation means the 

stage of research during which a project 

analyzes whether an intervention is 

effective in producing improved 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities when implemented in a realworld setting. During this stage of 

research, a project tests the outcomes of 

an evidence-based intervention in 

different settings. The project examines 

the challenges to successful replication 

of the intervention, and the 

circumstances and activities that 

contribute to successful adoption of the 

intervention in real-world settings. This 

stage of research may also include welldesigned studies of an intervention that 

has been widely adopted in practice, but 

that lacks a sufficient evidence-base to 

demonstrate its effectiveness. 

Priority—RRTC on Promoting Healthy 

Aging for Individuals with Long-Term 

Physical Disabilities. 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

establishes a priority for an RRTC on 

Promoting Healthy Aging for 

Individuals with Long-Term Physical 

Disabilities. The term ‘‘individuals with 

long-term physical disabilities’’ refers to 

individuals who acquired a disability 

during the life course from birth to 

childhood to middle age and are now 

aging with their disability. The RRTC 

must contribute to the development of 

new knowledge and accelerate the 

development, modification, and 

evaluation of evidence-based 

interventions and strategies that can be 

applied in clinical and communitybased settings to promote healthy aging, 

including reducing secondary 

conditions, of individuals with longterm physical disabilities. 

To contribute to this outcome the 

RRTC must— 

(a) Conduct research activities in one 

or more of the following priority areas, 

focusing on individuals aging with longterm physical disabilities as a group or 

on individuals in specific disability or 

demographic subpopulations of 

individuals with long-term physical 

disabilities: 

(i) Individual and environmental 

factors associated with improved access 

to rehabilitation and health care 

resulting in improved health and 

function outcomes for individuals aging 

with long-term physical disabilities. 

(ii) Interventions that contribute to 

improved health and function outcomes 

for individuals aging with long-term 

physical disabilities. Interventions 

include any strategy, practice, program, 

policy, or tool that, when implemented 

as intended, contributes to 

improvements in outcomes for the 

specified population. 

(iii) Effects of government practices, 

policies, and programs on health care 

access and on health and function 

outcomes for individuals aging with 

long-term physical disabilities. 

(iv) Technology to improve health and 

function outcomes for individuals aging 

with long-term physical disabilities; 

(b) Focus its research on one or more 

specific stages of research. If the RRTC 

is to conduct research that can be 

categorized under more than one of the 

research stages, or research that 

progresses from one stage to another, 

those stages must be clearly specified. 

These stages and their definitions are 

provided at the beginning of the Final 

Priority section in this notice; 

(c) Serve as a national resource center 

related to health and function for 

individuals aging with long-term 

physical disabilities, their families, and 

other stakeholders by: 

(i) Providing information and 

technical assistance to service 

providers, individuals aging with longterm physical disabilities and their 

representatives, and other key 

stakeholders; 

(ii) Providing training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to rehabilitation providers and 

other disability service providers, to 

facilitate more effective delivery of 

services to individuals aging with longterm physical disabilities. This training 

may be provided through conferences, 

workshops, public education programs, 

in-service training programs, and 

similar activities; 

(iii) Disseminating research-based 

information and materials related to 

health and function for individuals 

aging with long-term physical 

disabilities; and 

(d) Involve key stakeholder groups, 

including individuals with long-term 

disabilities, in the activities conducted 

under paragraph (a) in order to 

maximize the relevance and usability of 

the new knowledge generated by the 

RRTC. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 


pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with RULES
34264 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 110 / Friday, June 7, 2013 / Rules and Regulations 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

This notice does not preclude us from 

proposing additional priorities, 

requirements, definitions, or selection 

criteria, subject to meeting applicable 

rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive order and subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as an action likely to 

result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

stated in the Executive order. 

This final regulatory action is not a 

significant regulatory action subject to 

review by OMB under section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed this final 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

13563, which supplements and 

explicitly reaffirms the principles, 

structures, and definitions governing 

regulatory review established in 

Executive Order 12866. To the extent 

permitted by law, Executive Order 

13563 requires that an agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

upon a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs 

(recognizing that some benefits and 

costs are difficult to quantify); 

(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account—among other things 

and to the extent practicable—the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

provide information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

an agency ‘‘to use the best available 

techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing this final priority only 

on a reasoned determination that its 

benefits justify its costs. In choosing 

among alternative regulatory 

approaches, we selected those 

approaches that maximize net benefits. 

Based on the analysis that follows, the 

Department believes that this regulatory 

action is consistent with the principles 

in Executive Order 13563. 

We also have determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

In accordance with both Executive 

orders, the Department has assessed the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of this 

regulatory action. The potential costs 

are those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering the Department’s 

programs and activities. 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program have been well 

established over the years, as projects 

similar to the one envisioned by the 

final priority have been completed 

successfully. The new RRTC will 

generate, and promote the use of, new 

knowledge that will improve the 

options for individuals with disabilities 

to perform regular activities of their 

choice in the community. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: June 4, 2013. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and the duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13602 Filed 6–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 

RIN 0945–AA03 

Technical Corrections to the HIPAA 

Privacy, Security, and Enforcement 

Rules 

AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: These technical corrections 

address certain inadvertent errors and 

omissions in the HIPAA Privacy, 

Security, and Enforcement Rules that 

are located at 45 CFR parts 160 and 164. 


pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with RULES