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TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN—HOURS—Continued 

Regulation citation Form name Number of 

respondents 

Responses 

per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

Missing Report Form .......... 29 1 29 .08 3 

Total ............................. ............................................. 6,059,761 ........................ 6,059,761 ........................ 326,120 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration 

CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on 

HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention 

and Treatment 

AGENCY: Health Resources and Service 

Administration (HRSA), Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice announces that the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/ 

Health Resources and Services 

Administration (HRSA) Advisory 

Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and 

STD Prevention and Treatment will 

hold a public meeting. 

DATES: February 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to 

4:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: This teleconference meeting 

will accommodate up to 100 attendees. 

Parties may access the teleconference by 

dialing 888–989–6421 and using 

participant code 9874492. Participants 

should call and connect 15-minutes 

prior to the start of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anyone requesting information 

regarding the CDC/HRSA Advisory 

Committee on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and 

STD Prevention and Treatment should 

contact CDR Holly Berilla, Senior Public 

Health Analyst, Division of Policy and 

Data (DPD), HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB), 

HRSA, in one of three ways: (1) Mail a 

request to CDR Holly Berilla, Senior 

Public Health Analyst, HRSA/HAB/ 

DPD, 5600 Fishers Lane, 09N156, 

Rockville, Maryland 20857; (2) call 301– 

443–9965; or (3) send an email to 

hberilla@hrsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CDC/ 

HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV, 

Viral Hepatitis and STD Prevention and 

Treatment was established under 

Section 222 of the Public Health Service 

(PHS) Act, [42 U.S.C. Section 217a], as 

amended. 

The purpose of the CDC/HRSA 

Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral 

Hepatitis and STD Prevention and 

Treatment is to advise the Secretary, 

HHS; the Director, CDC; and the 

Administrator, HRSA regarding 

objectives, strategies, policies, and 

priorities for HIV, viral hepatitis, and 

other STDs; prevention and treatment 

efforts including surveillance of HIV 

infection, AIDS, viral hepatitis, and 

other STDs, and related behaviors; 

epidemiologic, behavioral, health 

services, and laboratory research on 

HIV, viral hepatitis, and other STDs; 

identification of policy issues related to 

HIV/viral hepatitis/STD professional 

eduction, patient healthcare delivery, 

and prevention services; Agency 

policies about prevention of HIV, viral 

hepatitis and other STDs; treatment, 

healthcare delivery, and research and 

training; strategic issues influencing the 

ability of CDC and HRSA to fulfill their 

missions of providing prevention and 

treatment services; programmatic efforts 

to prevent and treat HIV, viral hepatitis, 

and other STDs; and support to the 

Agencies in their developoment of 

responses to emerging health needs 

related to HIV, viral hepatitis, and other 

STDs. Information about the Committee 

and the meeting agenda is available by 

contacting CDR Holly Berilla at the 

contact information above. 

During the meeting, the CDC/HRSA 

Advisory Committee on HIV, Viral 

Hepatitis and STD Prevention and 

Treatment will discuss workgroup 

reports and updates, information 

regarding the National Ryan White HIV/ 

AIDS Program Conference, and 

Committee business-related items. 

Agenda items are subject to change as 

priorities dictate. 

Due to the nature and time limitations 

of the meeting, members of the public 

will not have an opportunity to provide 

oral comments, although written 

comments may be submitted to CDR 

Holly Berilla at the contact information 

listed above at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting. Individuals who need special 

assistance should notify CDR Holly 

Berilla at the contact information listed 

above at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting. 

Amy McNulty, 

Acting Director, Division of the Executive 

Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of the Secretary 

Statement of Organization, Functions, 

and Delegations of Authority 

AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights, Office of 

the Secretary, HHS. 

SUMMARY: This notice establishes the 

Conscience and Religious Freedom 

Division in the Office for Civil Rights of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Executive Order 13798 

Promoting Free Speech and Religious 

Liberty (May 4, 2017), 82 FR 21675, and 

the Attorney General’s Guidance on 

Federal Law Protections for Religious 

Liberty (October 6, 2017), Part A, Office 

of the Secretary, Statement of 

Organization, Functions, and 

Delegations of Authority for the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS), as last amended at 81 

FR 95622 (December 28, 2016), is being 

amended at Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR) to reflect the restructuring 

of OCR as follows: 

I. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), in the outline section 


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at the beginning of the Chapter that 

reads: 

‘‘AT.00 Mission 

AT.10 Organization 

AT.20 Functions’’ 

II. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), delete ‘‘Section AT.00 

Mission’’ in its entirety and replace 

with the following: 

‘‘AT.00 Mission 

OCR, a Staff Division of the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human Services 

(HHS), ensures that individuals receiving 

services from HHS-funded programs are not 

subject to unlawful discrimination; that 

individuals and entities are free from 

coercion and can exercise their conscience 

and religious freedom rights; and that people 

can trust the privacy, security, and 

availability of their health information. By 

rooting out invidious discrimination and 

removing unlawful barriers to HHS-funded 

services, OCR carries out the HHS mission of 

improving the health and well-being of all 

Americans and providing essential human 

services. By ensuring individuals and 

institutions can exercise their conscience and 

religious freedom rights, OCR furthers justice 

and tolerance in a pluralistic society. By 

promoting the right to access health 

information and protecting the privacy and 

security of this information, OCR helps 

empower people’s health care decisionmaking and helps ensure the integrity of the 

health care system and thereby promotes 

better health outcomes for the nation. 

OCR accomplishes this by: 

• Enforcing laws, investigating complaints, 

conducting compliance reviews, 

promulgating regulations, developing policy, 

providing technical assistance, and engaging 

in public education and outreach to ensure 

understanding of and compliance with all the 

laws OCR has authority over; 

• Ensuring that recipients of HHS federal 

financial assistance comply with federal civil 

rights laws that prohibit discrimination on 

the bases of race, color, national origin, 

disability, age, sex, and religion; 

• Ensuring that federal agencies, state and 

local governments, health care providers, 

health plans, and others comply with federal 

laws guaranteeing the free exercise of 

religious beliefs and moral convictions and 

the right to be free from coercion in HHSconducted or funded programs; and 

• Ensuring the practices of health care 

providers, health plans, health care 

clearinghouses, and their business associates 

adhere to federal privacy, security, and 

breach notification regulations under the 

Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) through the 

investigation of complaints, self-reports of 

breaches, compliance reviews, and audits.’’ 

III. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), delete ‘‘Section AT.10

Organization’’ in its entirety and 

replace with: 

‘‘AT.10 Organization 

A. Office of the Director (AT) 

B. Operations and Resources Division 

(ATA) 

C. Civil Rights Division (ATB) 

D. Health Information Privacy Division 

(ATC) 

E. Conscience and Religious Freedom 

Division (ATD)’’ 

IV. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), Section ‘‘AT.20

Functions’’ delete subsection ‘‘A. 

Office of the Director (AT)’’ in its 

entirety and replace with the 

following: 

‘‘A. Office of the Director (AT). The Director 

is the Department’s chief officer and 

adviser to the Secretary concerning 

implementation of, compliance with, 

and enforcement of civil rights and 

conscience and religious freedom laws 

applicable to HHS-funded or conducted 

programs or activities, and privacy, 

security, and breach notification rules 

under HIPAA. The Director provides 

leadership, priorities, guidance, and 

supervision to OCR and is responsible 

for its overall policy, programs, and 

operations. The Director is also 

responsible for representing the 

Secretary and the Department, in 

coordination and consultation with the 

Assistant Secretary for Legislation, 

before Congress and the Executive Office 

of the President on matters relating to 

civil rights, conscience and religious 

freedom, and health information privacy 

and for liaising with other federal 

departments and agencies responsible for 

similar or related matters.’’ 

V. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), Section ‘‘AT.20

Functions’’ at subsection ‘‘B. 

Operations and Resources Division 

(ATA)’’ add ‘‘, conscience and 

religious freedom,’’ after ‘‘ORD is 

responsible for responding to 

stakeholder calls and triaging civil 

rights.’’ 

VI. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), Section ‘‘AT.20

Functions’’ at subsection ‘‘C. Civil 

Rights Division (ATB),’’ delete 

‘‘original’’ after ‘‘on the basis of 

race, color, national’’ and replace 

with ‘‘origin’’ and delete ‘‘; the 

Division also enforces provider 

conscience laws’’ after ‘‘sex, 

disability, and age.’’ 

VII. Under Chapter AT, Office for Civil 

Rights (OCR), Section ‘‘AT.20

Functions’’ add a new subsection E 

as follows: 

AT.20 Functions 

* * * * * 

‘‘E. Conscience and Religious Freedom 

Division (ATD). The Conscience and 

Religious Freedom Division (CRFD) is 

headed by the Deputy Director for 

Conscience and Religious Freedom, who 

reports to the Director. The CRFD is 

responsible for OCR’s national 

conscience and religious freedom 

program, including enforcement of and 

compliance with laws protecting 

conscience and the free exercise of 

religion and prohibiting coercion and 

religious discrimination. These laws 

include, but are not limited to, the 

Church Amendments (42 U.S.C. 300a–7); 

the Coats-Snowe Amendment (42 U.S.C. 

238n); the Weldon Amendment (e.g., 

Pub. L. 115–31, Div. H, § 507(d) (2017)); 

Sections 1303(b)(4) and 1553 of the 

Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

18023(b)(4) and 18113, respectively); the 

Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 

U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.); the employment 

religious nondiscrimination provisions 

in the Public Telecommunications 

Financing Act of 1978 (47 U.S.C. 398(b)) 

and the religious nondiscrimination 

provisions in various block grant 

authorizing statutes. The CRFD conducts 

OCR’s nationwide enforcement and 

compliance activities including 

investigating and developing cases; 

negotiating case resolution agreements; 

developing enforcement and litigation 

strategies; promulgating regulations, 

policies, and guidance; and conducting 

compliance reviews of covered entities 

and HHS Operating and Staff Divisions, 

in consultation with the HHS Center for 

Faith-Based and Neighborhood 

Partnerships, as appropriate. The CRFD 

also identifies and designs conscience 

and religious freedom-specific training 

programs for Departmental staff, 

provides subject-matter expertise for 

public education and outreach activities 

to stakeholders nationwide, and liaises 

with, and provides conscience and 

religious freedom technical assistance 

and advisory services to, HHS Operating 

and Staff Divisions, national advocacy, 

beneficiary, and provider groups, 

religious organizations, faith-based 

organizations, and for profit and nonprofit organizations, state and local 

governments, and to other federal 

departments and agencies, including by 

serving on intra- and interagency 

workgroups.’’ 

VIII. Pending further delegations, 

directives, or orders by the 

Secretary or the OCR Director, all 

delegations and redelegations of 

authority to positions of the affected 

organizations in effect prior to the 

date of this notice shall continue in 

effect in them or their successors, 

provided they are consistent with 

this reorganization. 

Dated: December 7, 2017. 

Eric D. Hargan, 

Acting Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services. 

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