Notice2024-22256
Recharter for the Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Published
September 30, 2024
Effective
September 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentHealth Resources and Services Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME or Council) is rechartered.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 189 (Monday, September 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 79627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22256]
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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.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
Department of Health and Human Services is hereby giving notice that
the Council on Graduate Medical Education (COGME or Council) is
rechartered.
DATES: The effective date of the renewed charter is September 30, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Rogers, Designated Federal
Official (DFO), Division of Medicine and Dentistry, Bureau of Health
Workforce, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15N142, Rockville, Maryland
20857; 301-443-5260; or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3142435e5654434271594342501f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88fbfae7efedfafbc8e0fafbe9a6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: COGME makes recommendations to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services and Congress on matters specified by
section 762 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 internationalmedical 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 of Health and
Human Services, 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; 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 18, 2024.
The filing date is September 30, 2024. The recharter of COGME gives
authorization for the Council to operate until September 30, 2026.
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. 2024-22256 Filed 9-27-24; 8:45 am]
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