Notice2022-21352
Recharter for the Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Published
October 3, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
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In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, HHS is hereby giving notice that the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME or Council) has been rechartered. The effective date of the renewed charter is September 30, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 59799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21352]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Recharter for the Council on Graduate Medical Education
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, HHS is
hereby giving notice that the Council on Graduate Medical Education
(COGME or Council) has been rechartered. The effective date of the
renewed charter is September 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curi Kim, Designated Federal Official
(DFO), Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health Workforce,
HRSA. Anyone requesting information may reach Dr. Kim by mail at 5600
Fishers Lane, 15N35, Rockville, Maryland 20857; by phone at 301-945-
5827; or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5231393b3f123a2021337c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b1b9bbbf92baa0a1b3fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME makes recommendations to the Secretary
of HHS (Secretary) and Congress on matters specified by section 762 of
Title VII of the Public Health Service Act. Issues addressed by COGME
include: (1) the supply and distribution of physicians in the United
States; (2) current and future shortages or excesses of physicians in
medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties; (3) issues
relating to foreign medical school graduates; (4) appropriate federal
policies with respect to the matters specified in (1), (2), and (3)
above, including policies concerning changes in the financing of
undergraduate and graduate medical education programs and changes in
the types of medical education training in graduate medical education
programs; (5) appropriate efforts to be carried out by hospitals,
schools of medicine, schools of osteopathic medicine, and accrediting
bodies with respect to the matters specified in (1), (2), and (3)
above, including efforts for changes in undergraduate and graduate
medical education programs; and (6) deficiencies in, and needs for
improvements in, existing databases concerning the supply and
distribution of, and postgraduate training programs for, physicians in
the United States and steps that should be taken to eliminate those
deficiencies. Not later than September 30, 2023, and not less than
every 5 years thereafter, COGME shall submit a report on the
recommendations made by the committee to the Secretary, and to the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
Additionally, COGME encourages entities providing graduate medical
education to conduct activities to voluntarily achieve the
recommendations of the Council; and develops, publishes, and implements
performance measures, develops and publishes guidelines for
longitudinal evaluations, and recommends appropriation levels for
certain programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act.
The renewed charter for COGME was approved on September 23, 2022.
The filing date is September 30, 2022. The recharter of COGME gives
authorization for the Council to operate until September 30, 2024.
A copy of the COGME charter is available on the COGME website at
<a href="https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/cogme-charter.pdf">https://www.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/hrsa/advisory-committees/graduate-medical-edu/cogme-charter.pdf</a>. A copy of the 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 <a href="http://www.facadatabase.gov/">http://www.facadatabase.gov/</a>.
Maria G. Button,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2022-21352 Filed 9-30-22; 8:45 am]
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