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Disease, Disability, and Injury Prevention and Control Special Emphasis Panel: Assessment of Proposed Revisions to

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Notice of Cancellation: This notice was published in the Federal Register on November 15, 2006, Volume 71, Number 220, page 66534. The meeting previously scheduled to convene on December 12, 2006 has been cancelled.

Contact Person for more Information: Brenda Colley Gilbert, Acting Director, Office of Extramural Research, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., MS K92, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone 770.488.8390.

The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, for both CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. [[Page 68631]]

Dated: November 17, 2006.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

The Community and Tribal Subcommittee of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): Meeting.

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCEH/ATSDR announces the following subcommittee meeting:

Time and Date: 5 p.m.7:30 p.m., December 5, 2006.

Place: Hilton Atlanta Hotel, 225 Courtland Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

Status: Open to the public, limited by the available space. The meeting room accommodates approximately 50 people.

Purpose: Under the charge of the BSC, NCEH/ATSDR the CTS will provide the BSC, NCEH/ATSDR with a forum for community and tribal firsthand perspectives on the interactions and impacts of the NCEH/ ATSDR's national and regional policies, practices and programs.

Matters To Be Discussed: The meeting agend

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces the following committee meetings:
Available working group time and date:

9 a.m.11 a.m., December 11, 2006
Subcommittee meeting time and date:

11 a.m.12 p.m., December 11, 2006.
Committee meeting times and dates:

1 p.m.4:45 p.m., December 11, 2006.

8:30 a.m.5 p.m., December 12, 2006.

8:30 a.m.5 p.m., December 13, 2006.
Public comment times and dates:

5 p.m.6 p.m., December 11, 2006.

7:30 p.m.8:30 p.m., December 12, 2006.

Place: Holiday Inn Select, 1801 N. Naper Blvd, Naperville, Illinois 60563. Phone 630.505.4900, Fax 630.505.1984.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. The meeting space accommodates approximately 75 to 100 people.

Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to advise the President on a var

Medicare Program; Notification of Hospital Discharge Appeal Rights

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This final rule sets forth requirements for how hospitals must notify Medicare beneficiaries who are hospital inpatients about their hospital discharge rights. Notice is required both for original Medicare beneficiaries and for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and other Medicare health plans subject to the MA regulations. (For purposes of this preamble, these entities will collectively be known as ``Medicare health plans''). Hospitals will use a revised version of the Important Message from Medicare (IM), an existing statutorily required notice, to explain the discharge rights. Hospitals must issue the IM within 2 days of admission, and must obtain the signature of the beneficiary or his or her representative. Hospitals will also deliver a copy of the signed notice prior to discharge, but not more than 2 days before the discharge. For beneficiaries who request an appeal, the hospital will deliver a more detailed notice.

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Hospital Conditions of Participation: Requirements for History and Physical

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

In this rule, we finalize changes to four of the current requirements (or conditions of participation (CoPs)) that hospitals must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Specifically, this final rule revises and updates our CoP requirements for: Completion of the history and physical examination in the medical staff and the medical record services CoPs; authentication of verbal orders in the nursing service and the medical record services CoPs; securing medications in the pharmaceutical services CoP; and completion of the postanesthesia evaluation in the anesthesia services CoP. We also respond to timely public comments submitted on the proposed rule published in the March 25, 2005 Federal Register (70 FR 15266). The changes specified in this final rule are consistent with current medical practice and will reduce the regulatory burden on hospitals.

Medicare Program; Use of Repayment Plans

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

This proposed rule would modify Medicare regulations to implement a provision of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 pertaining to the use of repayment plans (also known as extended repayment schedules or ``ERS''). Under this provision, we propose to grant a provider or a supplier an extended repayment schedule under certain terms and conditions as defined in the statute. The proposed rule would establish criteria and procedures to apply this requirement and to define the concepts of ``hardship'' and ``extreme hardship.''

30-Day Notice; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

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In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Health and Human Services, is publishing the following summary of a proposed collection for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

Type of Information Collection Request: Extension.

Title of Information Collection: Application for Waiver of the 2 Year

30-Day Notice; Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Mon, Nov 27 2006 11:00:00 GMT

Agency: Office of the Secretary, HHS.

Type of Information Collection Request: New collection.

Title of Information Collection: Oklahoma Marriage Initiative Process Evaluatio