[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04088]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Service Administration


Charter Amendment National Advisory Council on the National 
Health Service Corps

AGENCY: Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 
HHS is hereby giving notice that the National Advisory Council on the 
National Health Service Corps (NACNHSC) Charter is amended. The 
effective date is February 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Fabiyi-King, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Division of National Health Service Corps (NHSC), HRSA. 
Address: 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14N110, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 
phone (301) 443-3609; or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The NACNHSC consults, advises, and makes annual recommendations to 
the Secretary of HHS and the Administrator, HRSA, with respect to their 
NHSC related responsibilities under Subpart II, Part D of Title III of 
the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 254d-254k), as amended, to designate areas of 
the United States with health professional shortages and assign NHSC 
clinicians to improve the delivery of health services in health 
professional shortage areas.
    The amended charter for NACNHSC was approved on February 20, 2020, 
which will also stand as the filing date. NACNHSC is exempt from 
Section 14 of the FACA, as stated in section 337(c) of the Public 
Health Service (PHS) Act. This amended charter will remain in effect 
until amended or section 337 of the PHS Act is repealed by law.
    A copy of the NACNHSC amended charter is available on the NACNHSC 
website at https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/nac-charter.html. A copy of the 
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charter also can be obtained by accessing the FACA database that is 
maintained by the Committee Management Secretariat under the General 
Services Administration. The website address for the FACA database is 
http://www.facadatabase.gov/.

Maria G. Button,
Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-04088 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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