Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 116 / Thursday, June 18, 2009 / Notices 28937 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health 

Decision To Evaluate a Petition To 

Designate a Class of Employees for 

the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works, 

Niagara Falls, New York, To Be 

Included in the Special Exposure 

Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HHS gives notice as required 

by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to 

evaluate a petition to designate a class 

of employees for the Lake Ontario 

Ordnance Works, Niagara Falls, New 

York, to be included in the Special 

Exposure Cohort under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. The 

initial proposed definition for the class 

being evaluated, subject to revision as 

warranted by the evaluation, is as 

follows: 

Facility: Lake Ontario Ordnance 

Works. 

Location: Niagara Falls, New York. 

Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All 

employees of the Department of Energy, 

its predecessor agencies, and their 

contractors and subcontractors. 

Period of Employment: January 1, 

1944 through December 31, 1953. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513– 

533–6800 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Information requests can also 

be submitted by e-mail to 

OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Christine M. Branche, 

Acting Director, National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E9–14306 Filed 6–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Health Information Technology Policy 

Committee; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the National 

Coordinator for Health Information 

Technology, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

Authority: Section 3002, Public Law 111– 

5, 123 Stat. 115. 

SUMMARY: This notice invites comments, 

within ten (10) days of the June 16, 

2009, HIT Policy Committee (the 

‘‘Committee’’) meeting, on the 

Committee’s discussions of and draft 

recommendations for the term 

‘‘meaningful use’’ available at http:// 

healthit.hhs.gov. Comments will be 

received by the Committee for 

consideration and further 

recommendations to the National 

Coordinator of Health Information 

Technology on the elements and 

measures of Meaningful Use of a 

certified EHR. 

The HIT Policy Committee is a 

Federal Advisory Committee (FACA) to 

the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), which will be 

meeting on June 16, 2009, to explore 

further the term ‘‘meaningful use’’ of 

electronic health records (EHRs). 

Announcement of this meeting was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 4 (74 FR 26866). This meeting is 

an important next step for the 

Department, as it investigates possible 

definitions for the term meaningful use. 

The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the 

‘‘Recovery Act’’) (Pub. L. 111–5) 

provides for Medicare and Medicaid 

incentive payments for eligible 

providers, such as physicians and 

hospitals, in order to promote the 

adoption of EHRs. To receive the 

incentive payments, providers must 

demonstrate ‘‘meaningful use’’ of a 

certified EHR. Building upon the work 

of the HIT Policy Committee, HHS 

anticipates developing a proposed rule 

that provides greater detail on the 

incentive programs and ‘‘meaningful 

use.’’ HHS expects to issue the proposed 

rule in late 2009, which will be 

followed by a comment period. 

The HIT Policy Committee’s 

Meaningful Use Workgroup will present 

its recommendations to the HIT Policy 

Committee at the Committee’s June 16, 

2009 meeting. The Workgroup’s 

presentation will reflect diverse ideas 

and contributions from the workgroup 

members, and build upon the National 

Committee on Vital and Health 

Statistics (NCVHS) public hearing on 

‘‘meaningful use’’ convened in April 

2009. The NCVHS hearing brought 

together key healthcare and information 

technology stakeholder groups. 

DATES: All comments on the draft 

description of Meaningful Use should 

be received no later than 5 p.m./Eastern 

Time on June 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic responses to the 

request for comments on the draft 

description of Meaningful Use are 

preferred and should be addressed to: 

MeaningfulUse@hhs.gov, subject line 

‘‘Meaningful Use.’’ Written comments 

may also be submitted to the Office of 

the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology, 200 

Independence Ave, SW., Suite 729D, 

Washington, DC 20201. Attention: HIT 

Policy Committee Meaningful Use 

Comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cut 

and paste the link below in your 

browser. http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/

server.pt?open=512&objID=1269&

parentname=CommunityPage&

parentid=8&mode=2&in_hi_userid=

10741&cached=true. 

For additional information, including 

any requests for a hard copy (or faxed 

copy) of the draft description of 

Meaningful Use, call or e-mail Judith 

Sparrow, 202–205–4528, 

judy.sparrow@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The HIT 

Policy Committee requests comments on 

the draft description of Meaningful Use 

by June 26, 2009. We request that 

comments be no more than 2,000 words 

in length. Please send comments to the 

address, for receipt by the due date, 

specified above. 

Dated: June 15, 2009. 

Judith Sparrow, 

Office of Programs and Coordination, Office 

of the National Coordinator for Health 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–14379 Filed 6–16–09; 11:15 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration on Aging 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Extension 

of the Expiration Date of the Title VI 

Program Performance Report 

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging 

(AoA) is announcing that the proposed 

collection of information listed below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.