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Department. Serves as a focal point for 
interface with the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
other department components, and other 
Federal agencies on health care 
financing policy issues and legislative 
initiatives. Provides technical services 
and support to the Office of Research 
and Demonstrations, the Bureau of 
Eligibility. Reimbursement, and 
Coverage, other HCFA components, and 
through ASL to the Congress on the 
policy implications and technical 
aspects of new legislative or policy 
initiatives. 
B. Division of Legis'otior. ( FBBJ 
Plans and directs tire legislative 
planning and development activities of 
HCFA. Develops and analyzes 
recommendations concerning legislative 
proposals for changes to the health care 
financing programs. Develops long-range 
legislative plans in substantive areas 
reiated to the reimbursement, coverage, 
ar.d eligibility of services under the 
Medicare and Medicaid programs. 
Analyzes the impact cf HCFA and 
congressional legislative proposals 
affecting HCFA programs and makes 
recommendations to the Administrator 
and the Department. Prepares testimony 
and technical briefing materials fcr 
congrsssional hearings on HCFA 
programs and serves as principal 
advisor to the HCFA sonior staff on 
congressional legislative initiatives of 
interest or concern to the Agency. 
Develops the technical specifications for 
HCFA legislation. Through the ASL. 
provides information or. HCFA 
programs and legislative plans to 
members of the Congress and the 
congressional committees as requested. 
Coordinates legislative activities and 
prepares for congressional hearings with 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Legislation. 
C. Division of Legislative Services and 
Congressional Affairs (FBCJ 
Provides legislative research and 
analysis services to HCFA staff, and 
produces regular and special reports to 
HCFA. and the Department on legislative 
issues and activities. Prepares 
background materials for congressional 
hearings and briefing sessions and 
coordinates with HCFA components and 
A.SL on the preparation of bill reports 
and biil report clearances. Maintains 
and services HCFA with a legislative 
research and reference library'. 
Responds directly or coordinates 
responses to written and verbal 
congressional and legislative requests 
for information related to HCFA 
programs. Organizes and prepares 
materials for briefings of individual 
Congressmen and their constituents. 
Monitors the interests or concerns of 
individual Congressmen and prepares 
recurring reports on significant 
congressional contacts. Analyzes 
alternative responses to congressional 
issues and makes recommendations to 
higher officials on specific issues. 
• Section FP.20.A.5., Office cf Prepaid 
Operations, is deleted in its entirety 
along with all subordinate components. 
This Ofice is being combined with the 
former Office of Health Maintenance 
Organizations to form the new Office of 
Prepaid Health Care found at the new 
section FC. of this statement. 
• Section FQ.20.C., Office of 
Legislation a~d Policy (OLP], is deleted 
in its entirety along with all subordinate 
components. This Office is being 
transferred to report directly to the 
Office of the Administrator. As stated 
earlier in this document, OLP is now 
found at the new section FD. 
• Section FQ.10. The Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Policy (FQJ 
(Organization), is deleted and replaced 
by the following: 
Section FQ.10. The Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Program 
Development (FQ) Organization) 
The Office of the Associate 
Administrator for Program Development 
(OAAPD), under the direction of the 
Associate Administrator for Program 
Development, includes: 
A. The Bureau of Eligibility, 
Reimbursement, and Coverage (FQA). 
B. The Office of Research and 
Demonstrations (FQE). 
• Section FQ.20. The Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Policy (FQ) 
(Functions), is deleted and replaced by 
the following: 
Section FQ.20. The Office cf the 
Associate Administrator for Program 
Development (FQ) (Functions) 
The Associate Administrator for 
Program Development is responsible for 
the effective direction and 
implementation of the development and 
review of Medicare and Medicaid 
policies and regulations pertaining to 
HCFA programs and HCFA's research 
and demonstrations activities. 
• Section FQ.20.A., Bureau of 
Eligibility, Reimbursement, and 
Coverage, and FQ.20.3., Office of 
Research and Demonstrations, remain 
unchanged along with all of their 
subordinate components. 
Dated: June 16. 1980. 
Otis R. Bowen, 
Secretary. Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(FR Doc. 86-14321 Filed 6-24-86: 8:45 am] 
BIU.IINC CODE 4120-03-M 
National Institutes of Health 
Recombinant DMA Advisory 
Committee Working Group on Human 
Gene Therapy; Meeting 
Pursuant to Pub. L. 92^163, notice is 
hereby given of a meeting of the 
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee 
Working Group on Human Gene 
Therapy at the National Institutes of 
Health. Building 3lC, Conference Room 
4, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20892, on A.ugusl 8, 1986. from 
approximately 9:00 a.m. to adjournment 
at approximately 5:00 p.m. to discuss 
scientific issues ar.d procedures for 
review of proposals involving human 
gene therapy. This meeting will be open 
to the- public. Attendance by the public 
will be limited to space available. 
The working Group will also consider 
a proposal to amend the NIH Guidelines 
for Research Involving Recombinant 
DNA Molecules which will subsequently 
be considered by the Recombinant DMA 
A.dvisory Committee at its meeting on 
September 29, 1935. This proposal is 
published for comment in the 
accompanying notice of Proposed 
Action Under Guidelines. 
Further information may be obtained 
from Dr. William J. Gartland, Executive 
Secretary'. Recombinant DNA Advisory 
Committee Working Group on Human 
Gene Therapy, National Institutes of 
Health. Building 31, Room 3B10, 
Bethesda, Maryland, telephone (301) 
4St— 6051. 
Dated: June 18. 1980. 
Betty J. Beveridge, 
Committee Management Officer. NIH. 
OMB’s “Mandatory Information 
Requirements for Federal Assistance 
Program Announcements" (45 PR. 39592) 
requires a statement concerning the 
official government programs contained 
in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance. Normally NIH lists in its 
announcements the number and title of 
affected individual programs for the 
guidance of the public. Because the 
guidance in this notice covers not only 
virtually every NTH program but also 
essentially every federal research 
program in which DNA recombinant 
molecule techniques could be used, it 
has been determined to be not cost 
effective or in the public interest to 
attempt to list these proerams. Such a 
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