99-20401. Medicare Program; Negotiated Rulemaking; Coverage and Administrative Policies for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests; Announcement of Additional Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43338-43339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20401]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

42 CFR Chapter IV

[HCFA-3250-N3]
RIN 0938-AI92


Medicare Program; Negotiated Rulemaking; Coverage and 
Administrative Policies for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests; 
Announcement of Additional Public Meetings

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces an additional public meeting of the 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Coverage and Administrative Policies 
for Clinical Laboratory Tests. The Committee was mandated by section 
4554(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and established under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as follows:

1. August 30, 1999, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
2. August 31, 1999, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, Room 800, 200 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC. 20201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Sheridan,[phone]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    We published a notice in the Federal Register on June 3, 1998 (63 
FR 30166) announcing the intent to form a negotiated rulemaking 
committee to provide advice and make recommendations to the Secretary 
on the content of a proposed rule that will establish national coverage 
and administrative policies for clinical laboratory tests payable under 
Part B of the Medicare program. The notice also announced the dates of 
the Committee meetings that began on July 13, 1998. The Committee held 
meetings through January 1999.
    The Committee wishes to meet again on August 30 and 31, 1999. The 
opportunity for public comments will be 9:00 a.m. on August 30, 1999. 
The meetings will be held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 
200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201. The purpose of the 
meeting is to discuss the Committee's comments on the draft proposed 
rule. The meetings are open to the public without advance registration.

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Public attendance at the meetings is limited to space availability.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2)

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.774, 
Medicare--Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

    Dated: August 3, 1999.
Michael M. Hash,
Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-20401 Filed 8-9-99; 8:45 am]
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