[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 192 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 62312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21773]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Recharter for the Council on Graduate Medical Education

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

ACTION: Notice of recharter.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, HHS is 
hereby giving notice that the Council on Graduate Medical Education 
(COGME) has been rechartered. The effective date of the renewed charter 
is September 30, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Rogers, Designated Federal 
Official (DFO), Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health 
Workforce, HRSA. Anyone requesting information may reach Mr. Rogers by 
mail at 5600 Fishers Lane, 15N142, Rockville, Maryland 20857; by phone 
at 301-443-5260; or by email at [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  COGME makes recommendations to the 
Secretary of HHS (Secretary) and Congress on matters specified by 
section 762 of Title VII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act. Issues 
addressed by COGME include (1) the supply and distribution of 
physicians in the United States; (2) current and future shortages or 
excesses of physicians in medical and surgical specialties and 
subspecialties; (3) issues relating to foreign medical school 
graduates; (4) appropriate federal policies with respect to the matters 
specified in (1), (2), and (3) above, including policies concerning 
changes in the financing of undergraduate and graduate medical 
education (GME) programs and changes in the types of medical education 
training in GME programs; (5) appropriate efforts to be carried out by 
hospitals, schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, and 
accrediting bodies with respect to the matters specified in (1), (2), 
and (3) above, including efforts for changes in undergraduate and GME 
programs; and (6) deficiencies in, and needs for improvements in, 
existing databases concerning the supply and distribution of, and 
postgraduate training programs for, physicians in the United States and 
steps that should be taken to eliminate those deficiencies. Not later 
than September 30, 2023, and not less than every 5 years thereafter, 
COGME shall submit a report with recommendations to the Secretary, and 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives. Additionally, COGME encourages entities providing GME 
to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the recommendations of 
COGME; and develops, publishes, and implements performance measures, 
develops and publishes guidelines for longitudinal evaluations, and 
recommends appropriation levels for certain programs under Title VII of 
the PHS Act.
    The renewed charter for COGME was approved on September 30, 2020, 
which will also stand as the filing date. Recharter of the COGME gives 
authorization for the Council to operate until September 30, 2022.
    A copy of the COGME charter is available on the COGME website at 
https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/cogme-charter.pdf. A copy of the 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,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-21773 Filed 10-1-20; 8:45 am]
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