Department: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Years: 20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013[FR Doc 00-33219] 1. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment
In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506(c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 10413), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects being
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Resources and Services Administration
[FR Doc 00-33288] 2. Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Extension of Certain Effective Dates
This final rule extends certain effective dates for clinical laboratory requirements in regulations published on February 28, 1992, that implemented provisions of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). This rule extends the phasein date of the quality control requirements applicable to moderate and high complexity tests and
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Care Financing Administration
[FR Doc 00-33217] 3. New Animal Drugs for Use in Animal Feeds; Decoquinate and Monensin
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the animal drug regulations to reflect approval of a new animal drug application (NADA) filed by Alpharma, Inc. The NADA provides for use of approved, singleingredient decoquinate and monensin Type A medicated articles to make twoway combination drug Type B and Type C medicated
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33373] 4. Grated Parmesan Cheese Deviating From Identity Standard; Temporary Permit for
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the extension of a temporary permit issued to Kraft Foods, Inc., to market test products designated as ``100% Grated Parmesan Cheese'' that deviate from the U.S. standards of identity for parmesan cheese and grated cheese. The extension will allow the permit holder to continue to collect data on
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33372] 5. Veterinary Antimicrobial Decision Support System
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) announces that funds may be available to support an unsolicited grant application submitted by Iowa State University. The applicant has requested funds to develop a webbased, peerreviewed antimicrobial decision support system centered on therapeutic applications that will
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33369] 6. International Conference on Harmonisation; Guidance on Q6A Specifications:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is publishing a guidance entitled ``Q6A Specifications: Test Procedures and Acceptance Criteria for New Drug Substances and New Drug Products: Chemical Substances.'' The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33216] 7. Cooperative Arrangement Between the United States Food and Drug
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing notice of cooperative arrangement between the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, United States of America and the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Department of Health and Aged Care, Commonwealth of Australia. The purpose of the arrangement is to enable each
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33371] 8. Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in Food Animals and Establishment of Regulatory
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending an announcement of the following meeting: Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in Food Animals and Establishment of Regulatory Thresholds on Antimicrobial Resistance. The topic to be discussed is the Center for Veterinary Medicine's (CVM's) current thinking on concepts for the establishment of
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33370] 9. Electronic Investigational New Drug Application: Cumulative Table of
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to discuss the possibility of using extensible markup language (XML) to create a cumulative table of contents for investigational new drug applications (IND's) intended to be submitted electronically to the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) or the Center for
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33215] 10. Discussion Paper: An Approach for Establishing Thresholds in Association With
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a discussion paper entitled ``An Approach for Establishing Thresholds in Association With the Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in FoodProducing Animals (discussion paper).'' This discussion paper reflects the Center for Veterinary Medicine's (CVM's) current thinking on one concept
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration
[FR Doc 00-33444] 11. Technical Corrections to the Standards for Privacy of Individually
These technical corrections address changes that inadvertently were excluded from the preamble of the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information published December 28, 2000.
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department
[FR Doc 00-33312] 12.
The Department of Health and Human Services published in the Federal Register of November 28, 2000, a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish regulations that covered institutions must follow for preventing or otherwise responding to occurrences of retalitation against whistleblowers. (65 FR 70830) This document corrects the Preamble of the
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department
[FR Doc 00-32703] 13. Medicare Program; Expanded Coverage for Outpatient Diabetes Self- Management
This final rule implements section 4105 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) by expanding Medicare coverage for outpatient diabetes selfmanagement training and establishes outcome measurements for evaluating the improvement of the health status of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes. These services include education and training furnished to
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Treasury Department
[FR Doc 00-32704] 14. Medicare Program; Application Process for National Organizations To Obtain
This notice announces that we will accept applications from national accreditation organizations with demonstrated experience in representing the interests of individuals with diabetes that seek deeming authority to approve entities to furnish diabetes self management training.
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Treasury Department
[FR Doc 00-33218] 15. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment
In compliance with the requirement for the opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects (section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of Title 44, United States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 10413), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) publishes periodic summaries of proposed projects
Published: 2000-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Resources and Services Administration
[FR Doc 00-33039] 16. Office for Civil Rights; Statement of Delegation of Authority
Notice is hereby given that I have delegated to the Director, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), with authority to redelegate, the following authorities vested in the Secretary of Health and Human Services:
1. The authority under section 262 of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Public Law 104191, as
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department
[FR Doc 00-33085] 17. Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Case-Control Study of Cancer and
In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health
[FR Doc 00-33088] 18. HRSA AIDS Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Public Law 92463), announcement is made of the
following National Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of February 2001.
Name: HRSA AIDS Advisory Committee (HAAC).
Date and Time: February 8, 2001; 8:30 a.m.5:00 p.m., February 9, 2001;
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Resources and Services Administration
[FR Doc 00-33086] 19. Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing
The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federallyfunded research and development. Foreign patent applications are filed on selected inventions to extend market coverage
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health
[FR Doc 00-33084] 20. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2); notice is hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health
[FR Doc 00-33082] 21. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The contract proposals and the discussions
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health
[FR Doc 00-33083] 22. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice of
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of the following meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health
[FR Doc 00-33081] 23. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with attendance limited to space available.
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health
[FR Doc text] 24.Rin: 0991-AB08
This rule includes standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information. The rules below, which apply to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and certain health care providers, present standards with respect to the rights of individuals who are the subjects of this information, procedures for the exercise of those
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
[FR Doc 00-33038] 25. Proposed Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects:
Title: Runaway and Homeless Youth Management Information System (RHYMIS).
OMB No. 09700123.
Description: In the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5701 et seq.) Congress mandated that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report regularly on the status of HHSfunded programs serving runaway and
Published: 2000-12-28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Children and Families Administration
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