The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public meeting to explore opportunities to link private sector and public sector postmarket safety efforts to create a virtual, integrated, electronic ``Sentinel Network.'' Such a network would integrate existing and planned efforts to collect, analyze, and disseminate medical product safety

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

This proposed rule would: Clarify that entities involved in the financing of the nonFederal share of Medicaid payments must be a unit of government; clarify the documentation required to support a certified public expenditure; limit reimbursement for health care providers that are operated by units of government to an amount that does not exceed

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Part A, Office of the Secretary, Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being amended as follows: Chapter AM, ``Office of Resources and Technology (ORT),'' as last amended at 68 FR 36808 36812, dated June 19, 2003 and 71 FR 3888438888, dated July 10, 2006;'' and

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department

Summary: 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, National Cancer Institute (NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: ``Improving Quality of Care in Long Term Care.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413 (44 U.S.C.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) allow the proposed information collection project: ``Evaluation of the Implementation and Impact of Payfor Quality Programs.'' In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 10413

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal agencies of the laboratories currently certified to meet the standards of Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines for Federal Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The Mandatory Guidelines were first published in the Federal Register on April 11, 1988 (53 FR 11970),

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Program Office: Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB).

Program Announcement Number: HHS2007ACFACYFFVPS0124.

Announcement Title: Family Violence Prevention and Services/ Grants for Battered Women's Shelters and Related Assistance/Grants to Indian Tribal Organizations (including

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Children and Families Administration

Program Office: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB).

Program Announcement Number: HHS2007ACFACYFFVPS0123.

Announcement Title: Family Violence Prevention and Services/ Grants for Battered Women's Shelters/Grants to States.

CFDA Number: 93.671.

Due Date for Applications:

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Children and Families Administration

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, we) is publishing proposed recommendations for the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee program for the process of human drug application review for fiscal years (FY) 2008 to 2012. These proposed recommendations were developed after discussions with regulated industry and consultation with

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

Program Office: Administration on Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
Program Announcement Number: HHS2007ACFACYFSDVC0122
Announcement Title: Family Violence Prevention and Services/Grants to State Domestic Violence Coalitions
CFDA Number: 93.591

Due Date for Applications: February 15, 2007.

Executive

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Children and Families Administration

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 National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council.

The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Food and Drug Administration

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

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

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 meetings.

The meetings 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

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Enabling Bioanalytical and Biophysical Technologies Study Section, January 31, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to February 1, 2007, 5 p.m., Courtyard Marriott, 299 Second Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 which was published in the Federal Register on December 5, 2006, 71 FR 7052270523.

The meetings

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health

In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the following advisory committee meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality.

Time and Date: January 23, 2007 9 a.m.4 p.m.

Place: National Center for

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health and Human Services Department

Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act implements a drug pricing program in which manufacturers who sell covered outpatient drugs to covered entities must agree to charge a price that will not exceed an amount determined under a statutory formula. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of proposed guidelines regarding

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Resources and Services Administration

Section 602 of Public Law 102-585, the ``Veterans Health Care Act of 1992,'' enacted Section 340B of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act ``Limitation on Prices of Drugs Purchased by Covered Entities.'' Section 340B provides that in order to obtain Medicaid reimbursement for its covered outpatient drugs, a manufacturer must sign a pharmaceutical

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Health Resources and Services Administration

Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS.

In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of proposed collections for public comment. Interested

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Proposed Projects:

Title: Protection and Advocacy (P&A) Voting Access Annual Report.

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: An annual report is required by Federal statute (the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, Public Law 107252, Section 291, Payments for Protection and Advocacy Systems, 42 U.S.C. 15461). Each State Protection &

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Children and Families Administration

Title: Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Voting Access Annual Report.

OMB No.: New Collection.

Description: An annual report is required by Federal statute (the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, Public Law 107252, Section 291, Payments for Protection and Advocacy Systems, 42 U.S.C. 15461). Each State or Unit of Local Government must

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Children and Families Administration

The inventions listed below are owned by an agency 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 for companies

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : National Institutes of Health