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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200904</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0906</CODE>
            <NAME>Health Resources and Services Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HRSA</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>National Vaccine Compensation Program: Separate Category for Hepatitis A, Influenza, Meningococcal, Human Papillomavirus Vaccines</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Department of Health and Human Services proposes to change the Vaccine Injury Table (Table) to create separate categories for hepatitis A, trivalent influenza, meningococcal and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. When a vaccine is recommended for routine administration to children by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and after an excise tax is imposed on it by Congress, a vaccine is added to the Table under the new vaccines category (Category XIII). These four vaccines have been recommended for routine administration to children by the CDC and have had an excise tax imposed on them. Notices were published informing the public that these four vaccines have been added to the Table under Category XIII. The next step is that new vaccines are added as their own separate categories, with associated injuries/conditions, including the time periods in which the first symptoms or significant aggravation of such injuries/conditions must occur, if applicable, once the Secretary goes through the rulemaking process. In the past, such injuries/conditions have been added based on extensive scientific reviews of medical literature for adverse events following vaccination. Because reviews for these vaccines are not expected until 2011, at the earliest, we are proceeding with rulemaking to add these four vaccines as their own separate categories in order to make clear the four vaccines are covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Once results of the scientific reviews are published, additional rulemaking may be necessary, if certain conditions are viewed by the Department as appropriate for inclusion on the Table, including the relevant time periods of onset.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>42 CFR 100.3(c)(5)</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec 2114(e)(2)of the Public Health Service Act, 42 USC 300ea-14(e)(2)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec 13632(a)(3) PL 103-66, 42 USC CFR 100.3(c)(5)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2009</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Darryl</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Gray</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>A.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Division of Practitioner Data Banks, Bureau of Health Professions</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0906</CODE>
                    <NAME>Health Resources and Services Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>HRSA</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>301 443-0910</PHONE>
                <FAX>301 443-6725</FAX>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Room 8-103, 5600 Fishers Lane,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Rockville</CITY>
                    <STATE>MD</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20857</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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