[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 42796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21422]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Care Financing Administration
42 CFR Chapter IV
[HCFA-3250-N]
RIN 0938-0938-AI92
Medicare Program; Negotiated Rulemaking; Coverage and
Administrative Policies for Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests;
Change in Meeting Time
AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the revised times for certain meetings
of the negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Coverage and Administrative
Policies for Clinical Laboratory Tests.
DATES: The meetings are scheduled as follows:
1. August 27, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
2. September 16, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
3. October 8, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
4. October 28, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
5. November 20, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
6. December 10, 1998, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Sheridan (410) 786-4635.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings for the Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee on National Coverage and Administrative Policies for Clinical
Laboratory Tests were originally scheduled to begin at 9:00 and to end
at 5:00 p.m. on each day the Committee was scheduled to meet (63 FR
30166). The Committee will now plan to meet from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00
p.m. on the third day of each 3-day series of meetings, beginning on
August 27. Therefore, the meetings on August 27, September 16, October
28, November 20, and December 10, 1998 will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end
at approximately 3:00 p.m. On October 8, 1998, the meeting will begin
at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 12:00 noon. Public comments will be heard
in the morning on each of these dates.
The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on national Coverage Policies
for Clinical laboratory Tests was established under mandate of section
4554(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to provide advice and make
recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services on the text or content of a proposed rule that will establish
national coverage and administrative policies for clinical laboratory
tests.
The meetings are open to the public without advance registration.
Public attendance at the meetings may be limited to space available.
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 5, 1998.
Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-21422 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]
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