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that demonstrate that it meets the

definition of an in-State organization.

Specifically, the organization must have

its primary place of business in the State

in which review will be conducted or be

owned by a parent corporation, the

headquarters of which is located in that

State. In its statement, each interested

organization must further demonstrate

that it meets the following requirements:

A. Be Either a Physician-Sponsored or a

Physician-Access Organization

1. Physician-Sponsored Organization

i. The organization must be composed

of a substantial number of the licensed

doctors of medicine and osteopathy

practicing medicine or surgery in the

review area, and be representative of the

physicians practicing in the review area.

ii. The organization must not be a

health care facility, health care facility

association, or health care facility

affiliate.

iii. In order to meet the substantial

number requirement of A.l.i., an

organization must be composed of at

least 10 percent of the licensed doctors

of medicine and osteopathy practicing

medicine or surgery in the review area.

In order to meet the representation

requirement of A.l.i., an organization

must state and have documentation in

its files demonstrating that it is

composed of at least 20 percent of the

licensed doctors of medicine and

osteopathy practicing medicine or

surgery in the review area; or, if the

organization does not demonstrate that

it is composed of at least 20 percent of

the licensed doctors of medicine and

osteopathy practicing medicine or

surgery in the review area, then the

organization must demonstrate in its

statement of interest, through letters of

support from physicians or physician

organizations, or through other means,

that it is representative of the area

physicians.

2. Physician-Access Organization

i. The organization must have

available to it, by arrangement or

otherwise, the services of a sufficient

number of licensed doctors of medicine

or osteopathy practicing medicine or

surgery in the review area to assure

adequate peer review of the services

provided by the various medical

specialties and subspecialties.

ii. The organization must not be a

health care facility, health care facility

association, or health care facility

affiliate.

iii. An organization meets the

requirements of A.2.i. if it demonstrates

that it has available to it at least one

physician in every generally recognized

specialty; and has an arrangement or

arrangements with physicians under

which the physicians would conduct

review for the organization.

B. Have at Least One Individual Who Is

a Representative of Consumers on Its

Governing Board

If one or more organizations meet the

above requirements in a PRO area, and

submit statements of interest in

accordance with this notice, HCFA will

consider those organizations to be

potential sources for the aforementioned

contracts upon their expiration. These

organizations will be entitled to

participate in a full and open

competition for the PRO contract to

provide medical review services.

III. Information Collection

Requirements

This notice contains information

collection requirements that have been

approved and assigned Control Number

OMB 0938–0526 by the Office of

Management and Budget under the

authority of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

This approval expires on October 31,

1997.

IV. Other

In accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 12866, this regulation

was not reviewed by the Office of

Management and Budget.

Authority: Section 1153 of the Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c–2).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: March 23, 1995.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–10793 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Correction of Meeting Notices

Public notice was given in the Federal

Register on April 18, 1995, Vol. 60, No.

74, page 19405, that the Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA) National

Advisory Council meeting on May 15,

1995, would be open from 9:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m. and closed for review of

contract proposals from 3:15 p.m. to

6:00 p.m. Due to unforeseen

circumstances, the meeting schedule

has been revised. The closed session is

now scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30

a.m., and the open session will be from

10:45 a.m. until adjournment. In

addition, a status report from the

Council’s AIDS workgroup will not be

presented at this meeting.

Public notice was also given in the

Federal Register on April 19, 1995, Vol.

60, No. 75, page 19602, that the Center

for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

National Advisory Council would be

meeting on May 25 and 26, 1995.

However, the meeting will now be held

for only one day, May 25.

Dated: April 27, 1995.

Jeri Lipov,

Committee Management Officer, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–10899 Filed 5–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Conference of the Parties to the

Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna

and Flora; Thirty-fifth Meeting of the

Standing Committee; Meeting of the

Animals Committee; Meeting of the

Plants Committee; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: With this notice the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service (Service)

announces a public meeting to discuss

the results of the thirty-fifth meeting of

the Convention on International Trade

in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna

and Flora (CITES) Standing Committee,

held March 21–24, 1995, in Geneva,

Switzerland, and to discuss matters

related to the upcoming meetings of the

CITES Animals and Plants Committees.

DATES: The public meeting will be held

on June 13, 1995, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be

held in Room 7000 A and B of the

Department of the Interior, 18th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth B. Stansell or Susan S.

Lieberman, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

420–C, Arlington, VA 22203; telephone

703/358–2093.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Convention on International

Trade in Endangered Species of Wild