[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 2158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00117]


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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


Request for Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission 
Nominations

AGENCY: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

ACTION: Request for letters of nomination and resumes.

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SUMMARY: The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 
2009 (CHIPRA) established the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access 
Commission (MACPAC) to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment 
policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP. 
CHIPRA gave the Comptroller General of the United States responsibility 
for appointing MACPAC's members. GAO is now accepting nominations for 
MACPAC appointments that will be effective May 1, 2018. Letters of 
nomination and resumes should be submitted no later than February 5, 
2018 to ensure adequate opportunity for review and consideration of 
nominees prior to the appointment of new members. Nominations should be 
sent to the email or mailing address listed below. Acknowledgement of 
submissions will be provided within a week of submission. Please 
contact Will Black at (202) 512-6482 if you do not receive an 
acknowledgement.

ADDRESSES: 
    Email: [email protected].
    Mail: U.S. GAO, Attn: MACPAC Appointments, 441 G Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20548.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    GAO: Will Black, (202) 512-6482, [email protected], Office of Public 
Affairs, (202) 512-4800.
    Public Law 111-3, Section 506; 42 U.S.C. 1396.

Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2018-00117 Filed 1-12-18; 8:45 am]
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