Notice2023-02826
Request for Information on Promising Practices for Advancing Health Equity for Intersex Individuals
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Published
February 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services Department
Abstract
Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Department of Health & Human Services, invites feedback from stakeholders throughout the scientific research community, clinical practice communities, patient and family advocates, scientific or professional organizations, federal partners, internal HHS stakeholders, and other interested constituents on the development of a report on promising practices for advancing health equity for intersex individuals. The overarching purpose of the report on the promising practices for advancing health equity for intersex individuals is to ensure access to affirming, high-quality care for intersex people who live in America.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 8876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02826]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Request for Information on Promising Practices for Advancing
Health Equity for Intersex Individuals
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Request for Information.
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SUMMARY: Through this Request for Information (RFI), the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Department of Health & Human
Services, invites feedback from stakeholders throughout the scientific
research community, clinical practice communities, patient and family
advocates, scientific or professional organizations, federal partners,
internal HHS stakeholders, and other interested constituents on the
development of a report on promising practices for advancing health
equity for intersex individuals. The overarching purpose of the report
on the promising practices for advancing health equity for intersex
individuals is to ensure access to affirming, high-quality care for
intersex people who live in America.
DATES: The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health's Request for
Information is open for public comment for a period of 4 weeks.
Comments must be received on or before COB (5 p.m. ET) March 13, 2023,
to ensure consideration. After the public comment period has closed,
the comments received by OASH will be considered in a timely manner in
the development of the report on the promising practices for advancing
health equity for intersex individuals.
ADDRESSES: Please see the supplementary information to view the
questions. It is strongly encouraged to submit comments by email to
Adrian Shanker, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#571633253e363979243f36393c3225173f3f2479303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1a0859388808fcf9289808f8a8493a1898992cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>, ``notices for advancing health
equity for intersex individuals'' in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrian Shanker, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#78391c0a111916560b101916131d0a3810100b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abeacfd9c2cac585d8c3cac5c0ced9ebc3c3d885ccc4dd">[email protected]</span></a>
or by phone at (202) 961-6483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The OASH oversees the Department's key public health
offices and programs, several Presidential and Secretarial advisory
committees, 10 regional health offices across the nation, and the
Office of the Surgeon General and the U.S. Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps. On June 15, 2022, President Biden signed Executive
Order (E.O.) 14075, Advancing Equity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Queer and Intersex Individuals. E.O. 14075 built upon the
historic progress the Biden-Harris Administration has made in advancing
LGBTQI+ Equity and outlined policy actions to safeguard health care for
transgender people, support programs designed to prevent youth suicide
and preventing `so called' conversion therapy. The Executive Order also
directed HHS to issue a report on promising practices for advancing
health equity for intersex individuals.
Request for Comments on the Report Development on Promising
Practices for Advancing Health Equity for Intersex Individuals: The
OASH invites input from stakeholders throughout the scientific research
community, clinical practice communities, patient and family advocates,
scientific or professional organizations, federal partners, internal
HHS stakeholders, and other interested members of the public on the two
questions highlighted below. This input will serve as a valuable
element in the development of the report, and the community's time and
consideration are highly appreciated.
<bullet> What do you see as the current clinical, research, or
policy gaps that you are hoping this report addresses?
<bullet> What recent or ongoing research, innovative clinical
approaches or policy actions do you think is important for us to know
about as we begin this work?
The OASH seeks comments and/or suggestions from all interested
parties on promising practices for advancing health equity for intersex
individuals.
Responses to this RFI are voluntary. Do not include any
proprietary, classified, confidential, trade secret, or sensitive
information in your response. The responses will be reviewed by OASH
staff, and individual feedback will not be provided to any responder.
The Government will use the information submitted in response to this
RFI at its discretion. The Government reserves the right to use any
submitted information on public HHS websites; in reports; in summaries
of the state of the science; in any possible resultant solicitation(s),
grant(s), or cooperative agreement(s); or in the development of future
funding opportunity announcements.
This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and should
not be construed as a solicitation for applications or proposals, or as
an obligation in any way on the part of the United States Federal
Government, the HHS, or individual HHS Agencies and Offices to provide
support for any ideas identified in response to it. The Federal
Government will not pay for the preparation of any information
submitted or for the Government's use of such information.
No basis for claims against the U.S. Government shall arise as a
result of a response to this RFI or from the Government's use of such
information. Additionally, the Government cannot guarantee the
confidentiality of the information provided.
Dated: February 6, 2023.
Rachel L. Levine,
Assistant Secretary for Health.
[FR Doc. 2023-02826 Filed 2-9-23; 8:45 am]
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