[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43964-43965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18594]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

42 CFR Part 5


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically 
Underserved Populations (MUPs) and Health Professional Shortage Areas 
(HPSAs)

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Negotiated Rulemaking (NR) Committee on Designation of 
Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage 
Areas establishes criteria and a comprehensive methodology for 
designation of Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) and Primary 
Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).

DATES: August 16, 2011, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; August 17, 2011, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact 
Emily Cumberland, Office of Policy Coordination, Bureau of Health 
Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 9-49, 
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
Telephone (301) 443-4662, E-mail: [email protected]v. Information can 
also be found at the following Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given 
of the following meeting:
    Name: Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Designation of Medically 
Underserved Populations (MUPs) and Health Professional Shortage Areas 
(HPSAs).
    Dates and Times: August 16, 2011, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; August 17, 2011, 1 
p.m.-5 p.m.
    Place: Webinar format.
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: The purpose of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on 
Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health 
Professional Shortage Areas is to establish criteria and a 
comprehensive methodology for designation of Medically Underserved 
Populations (MUPs) and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas 
(HPSAs), using the NR process. It is hoped that use of the NR process 
will yield a consensus among technical experts and stakeholders on a 
new rule for designation of MUPs and Primary

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Care HPSAs, which would be published as an Interim Final Rule in 
accordance with Section 5602 of the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 
111-148.
    Agenda: The meeting will include a discussion of various components 
of a possible methodology for identifying areas of shortage and 
underservice, based on the recommendations of the Committee in the 
previous meeting. The agenda will be available on the Committee's Web 
site (http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/shortage/) one day prior 
to the meeting. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate.
    For members of the public interested in participating in the 
webinar, please contact Emily Cumberland by e-mail at 
[email protected]v. Requests to attend can be made up to two days 
prior to the meeting. Participants will receive an e-mail response 
containing the link to the webinar. Requests to provide written 
comments should be sent to Emily Cumberland by e-mail at least 10 days 
prior to the first day of the meeting, August 16. Members of the public 
will have the opportunity to provide written comments before and after 
the meeting.
    The Committee is working under tight timeframes to meet the 
reporting requirement in the Affordable Care Act. Due to the complexity 
of the issue, the Committee has been granted additional time to meet 
its final report deadline. As a result, meetings were added to the 
Committee schedule. The logistical challenges of expanding the meeting 
schedule hindered an earlier publication of this meeting notice.

    Dated: July 19, 2011.
Reva Harris,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and Information Coordination.
[FR Doc. 2011-18594 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
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