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management systems; (8) serves as the 

IHS liaison with the HHS and the public 

for grants and other financial assistance 

programs within the IHS; (9) maintains 

the Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance for IHS financial assistance 

programs; (10) conducts grants-related 

training for IHS staff, grantees, and 

potential grantees; (11) coordinates 

payment to grantees, including 

scholarship recipients; and (12) 

establishes and maintains the IHS 

automated Grants Information System 

and controls data entry into the HHS 

automated Grants Information System. 

Division of Regulatory Affairs (GALE) 

(1) Manages the IHS’ overall 

regulations program and 

responsibilities, including determining 

the need for and developing plans for 

changes in regulations, developing or 

assuring the development of needed 

regulations, and maintaining the various 

regulatory planning processes; (2) serves 

as IHS liaison with the Office of the 

Federal Register on matters relating to 

the submission and clearance of 

documents for publication in the 

Federal Register; (3) assures proper 

Agency clearance and processing of 

Federal Register documents; (4) informs 

management and program officials of 

regulatory activities of other Federal 

agencies; (5) manages the IHS review of 

non-IHS regulatory documents that 

impact the delivery of health services to 

Indians including but not limited to 

access and civil rights aspects and State 

Medicaid waiver applications by 

coordinating with the OGC Public 

Health Division; (6) advises the IHS 

Director and serves as liaison with the 

OGC on such matters as litigation, 

regulations, related policy issues, and 

administrative support issues; (7) 

determines the need for and obtains 

legal clearance of IRS directives and 

other issuances; (8) coordinates legal 

issues with the OGC, IHS, HHS 

components, and other Federal 

agencies, including the identification 

and formulation of legal questions and 

advising on the implementation of OGC 

opinions; (9) assures that IHS’ appeals 

processes meet legal standards; (10) 

advises on and participates in Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act appeals and hearings; 

(11) advises on the administration of the 

contract health services (CHS) appeals 

system and is a participant in the IRS 

Director’s CHS appeal decisions; (12) 

manages the retrieval and transmittal of 

information in response to requests 

received under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), Privacy Act, the 

Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and 

the Health Information Technology for 

Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) 

Act, in collaboration with the Public 

Affairs Staff; (13) ensures the security of 

sensitive and/or confidential 

information when responding to FOIA, 

Privacy Act, HIPAA Privacy, and 

HITECH Act issues; (14) advises the IHS 

Director regarding requests for IHS 

employees to serve as expert witnesses 

when IRS is not a party to the suit; (15) 

provides leadership and guidance for 

the IHS Records Management Program; 

(16) develops and recommends policies 

and procedures for the protection and 

disposition of JETS records and oversees 

the evaluation of records management 

activities in the IRS; (17) develops and 

implements a management control 

system for evaluation of records 

management functions IHS-wide; (18) 

maintains and updates various 

regulatory agendas; (19) manages, 

administers, implements and monitors 

the IRS’s Paperwork Reduction Act and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) information collection/activities; 

(20) provides guidance and technical 

assistance to JETS regarding information 

collection requirements and procedures 

for obtaining OMB approvals and 

extensions for IHS information 

collections; (21) coordinates the 

implementation and the application of 

Privacy Act, HIPAA Privacy, and 

HITECH Act requirements, including 

but not limited to HIPAA and HITECH 

Act compliance; (22) maintains and 

distributes the Compendium of Legal 

Opinions; (23) reviews IHS directives 

and other issuances for needed legal 

clearances; (24) advises on the impact 

on IHS and the Indian community of 

State and Federal health reforms; and 

(25) provides policy review and advice 

on the need for or application of legal 

opinions. 

Section GA–40, Indian Health Service— 

Delegations of Authority 

All delegations of authority and redelegations of authority made to IHS 

officials that were in effect immediately 

prior to this reorganization, and that are 

consistent with this reorganization, 

shall continue in effect pending further 

re-delegation. 

This reorganization shall be effective 

on 11/01/2014. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Acting Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26221 Filed 11–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Center for Complementary & 

Alternative Medicine; Notice of Closed 

Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Center for 

Complementary and Alternative Medicine 

Special Emphasis Panel; P50 Botanical 

Centers. 

Date: December 17–18, 2014. 

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & 

Conference Center 5701 Marinelli Road, 

Bethesda, MD 20852. 

Contact Person: Martina Schmidt, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Office of Scientific 

Review, National Center for Complementary 

& Alternative Medicine, NIH, 6707 

Democracy Blvd., Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 

20892, 301–594–3456. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.213, Research and Training 

in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: October 30, 2014. 

Michelle Trout, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26203 Filed 11–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meetings 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meetings. 

The meetings will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

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