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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
CHARTER

REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE

Purpose

The Secretary and by delegation the Administrator, Health Resources Admin-
istration, are authorized under Sections 903, 904, and 910 of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended, 42 USC 299c, 299d, and 2995, respectively,
to make grants relating to patient care in the fields of heart disease,
cancer, stroke, and kidney diseases, and other related diseases.

Authority

A42-USC 217a; Section 222 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
Committee is governed by provisions of Public Law 92-463, which sets
forth standards for the formation and use of advisory committees.

‘Funetion

The Committee will review applications for grants under Title IX and

make. recommendations to the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical
‘Programs with respect to the approval and funding of such applications.

r Structure

The Regional Medical Programs Ad Hoc Review Committee shall consist:
of:.25. members, including the. Chairman. Members shall be selected by the
‘Secretary, or his designee, from authorities knowledgeable in the fields °
-of the practice of medicine, other health professions, public health;.
‘medical center administration, hospital administration, and other areas

related to the activities of the Regional Medical Programs.

Members shall be invited to. serve for the duration of the. committee,
which shall be for one year. .

Management and staff services shall be provided by Assistant to the.
Director, Division of Regional Medical Programs, Bureau of Health
- Resources Development, who shall serve as Executive Secretary.

‘Meetings

Meetings shall be held semiannually or as often as necessary at the call of
the Chairman, with the advance approval of a Government official who shall
‘also approve the agenda. A Government official shall be present at all

meetings.
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Meetings shall be open to the. public except as determined otherwise by the
Secretary; notice of all meetings shall be given to the public.

Meetings shall be conducted, and records of the proceedings kept, as required
by applicable laws and Departmental regulations.

Compensation

Members who. are not full-time Federal employees shall be paid at the rate:
of $100 per day, plus per diem and travel expenses in accordance with
Standard Government Travel Regulations.

Annual Cost Estimate

Estimated annual cost for operating the committee, including compensation
and travel expenses for members but excluding staff support, is $23,000.
Estimate of annual manyears of staff support required is 1 at an esti-
mated annual cost of $10,000.

‘Report

A»report shall be submitted. to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary for
Health: through the Administrator, Health Resources Administration, not —
later than 15 days after termination of the Committee, which shall contain
as a minimum a list of members and their business addresses, the com-
mittee's functions, dates and places of meetings, and a summary of committee
activities and recommendations made. A copy of the report shall be pro-
vided. to.the Department Committee Management Officer.

Termination Date

Unless renewed by appropriate action prior to. its expiration, the Regional
Medical Programs Ad Hoc Review Committee will terminate on September 30, 1974.

‘ APPROVED:

WAY. 1974.
Date:

 

 

 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY ‘TO DESIGNATE
THE CHAIRMAN AND INVITE MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE
REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE

“Refective immediately, I hereby delegate to the Administrator, Health.

‘Resources Administration , authority to designate the Chairman and
“Aegis members to serve on: the Regional Medical Programs Ad Hoc Review
“ ‘Committee. This authority may be redelegated. A copy. of the delegation

| S shall be provided to the Department Committee Management Officer.

 

 

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THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
WASHINGTON, D- C.- 20201

 

FINDING

I hereby find the establishment of the Regional Medical Programs
Ad Hoc Review Committee is authorized by 42 U.S.C. 217a, that
such duties can best be performed through the advice and counsel
of this group, that no other committee in HEW can suitably per-
form these duties, and that the committee is appropriately

balanced.

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Date

 
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20201

 

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE
THE CHAIRMAN AND INVITE MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE
REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS AD HOC REVIEW COMMITTEE

Effective immediately, I hereby delegate to the Assistant Secretary for
Health, authority to designate the Chairman and invite members to serve
on the Regional Medical Programs Ad Hoc Review Committee. This authority
may be redelegated; redelegation will be effected by memorandum, copies of

which will be delivered to the Department Committee Management officer

TF Secretary

within five business days.