[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11997-11998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04088]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Service Administration
Charter Amendment National Advisory Council on the National
Health Service Corps
AGENCY: Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA),
HHS is hereby giving notice that the National Advisory Council on the
National Health Service Corps (NACNHSC) Charter is amended. The
effective date is February 20, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Fabiyi-King, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Division of National Health Service Corps (NHSC), HRSA.
Address: 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 14N110, Rockville, Maryland 20857;
phone (301) 443-3609; or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The NACNHSC consults, advises, and makes annual recommendations to
the Secretary of HHS and the Administrator, HRSA, with respect to their
NHSC related responsibilities under Subpart II, Part D of Title III of
the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 254d-254k), as amended, to designate areas of
the United States with health professional shortages and assign NHSC
clinicians to improve the delivery of health services in health
professional shortage areas.
The amended charter for NACNHSC was approved on February 20, 2020,
which will also stand as the filing date. NACNHSC is exempt from
Section 14 of the FACA, as stated in section 337(c) of the Public
Health Service (PHS) Act. This amended charter will remain in effect
until amended or section 337 of the PHS Act is repealed by law.
A copy of the NACNHSC amended charter is available on the NACNHSC
website at https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/nac-charter.html. A copy of the
amended
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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,
Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2020-04088 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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