Health Care Financing Administration--Fiscal year 1980 regulation plan. Notice of regulation plan.
HCFA has adopted a new regulation management system which includes a process for developing a regulation plan at the beginning of each fiscal year. Each initiative in the plan is designed to achieve specific programmatic goals and objectives in accordance with priorities. The plan includes a projected schedule for publishing each regulatory initiative in priority order. The annual HCFA plan supplements the Semi-Annual Agenda of Regulations published by HHS in June and December of each year in accordance with Executive Order 12044 "Improving Federal Government Regulations" (See 43 FR 12661 published March 23, 1978), and the Department's procedures which implement the Executive Order (See 43 FR 23119 published May 30, 1978, and 44 FR 59662 published October 16, 1979). The HCFA plan includes: [1] initiatives which appear in the Semi-Annual Agenda of Regulations because HCFA and the Secretary of HHS have concluded that specific regulation changes are needed; [2] new initiatives at an early stage of consideration where HCFA and the Secretary have not yet concluded that specific regulation changes are needed; and [3] routine initiatives that provide guidelines for existing regulations. HCFA is publishing the plan to provide the public with advance notice as early as possible of regulation initiatives that are planned or under active consideration. HCFA welcomes comments on the content of the plan, the priority set for each initiative, and projected publications targets.
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