[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 59799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21352]


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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.

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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 or Council) has been rechartered. The effective date of the 
renewed charter is September 30, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curi Kim, Designated Federal Official 
(DFO), Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Workforce, 
HRSA. Anyone requesting information may reach Dr. Kim by mail at 5600 
Fishers Lane, 15N35, Rockville, Maryland 20857; by phone at 301-945-
5827; 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 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 programs and changes in 
the types of medical education training in graduate medical education 
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 graduate 
medical education 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 on the 
recommendations made by the committee 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 graduate medical 
education to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the 
recommendations of the Council; 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 Public Health Service Act.
    The renewed charter for COGME was approved on September 23, 2022. 
The filing date is September 30, 2022. The recharter of COGME gives 
authorization for the Council to operate until September 30, 2024.
    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. 2022-21352 Filed 9-30-22; 8:45 am]
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