Removing Outmoded Regulations Regarding the National Health Service Corps Program
Final rule.
CFR Part: "42 CFR Part 23"
RIN Number: "RIN 0906-AB15"
Citation: "83 FR 30080"
Page Number: "30080"
"Rules and Regulations"
SUMMARY: This action removes outmoded regulations for the
EFFECTIVE DATE: This action is effective
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to Executive Order 13777 and Executive Order 13563, Sec. 6(a), which direct agencies to repeal existing regulations that are "outmoded" from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), HHS is removing 42 CFR part 23, subpart B (SUBSEC 23.21 through 23.35) and subpart C (
Background
In 1986, HHS issued implementing regulations, as directed in Section 338G of the PHS Act, specifying the interest rate and loan repayment terms for private practice special loans to former Corps members and interest rate and loan repayment terms for private practice start-up loans to NHSC scholarship recipients.
The provision for Special Loans for Former Corps Members to Enter Private Practice authorized the Secretary to make a one-time loan up to
Section 338G also authorizes Private Start-Up Loans. At the time the statute was enacted, only the NHSC Scholarship Program existed. Scholars were able to apply for up to
Removing these regulations will not have an impact on the NHSC program. There is no specific appropriations authority to support Section 338G of the PHS Act; the authorization of appropriation at 338H supports all the activities under Subpart III (which includes the NHSC Loan Repayment and Scholarship Programs). The repeal of these regulations will not create any challenges for other programs, as the law and regulations apply solely to NHSC clinicians.
Executive Orders 12866, 13563, 13771, and 13777
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13771 directs agencies to categorize all impacts which generate or alleviate costs associated with regulatory burden and to determine the actions net incremnatal effect.
Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 defines a "significant regulatory action" as an action that is likely to result in a rule: (1) Having an annual effect on the economy of
A regulatory impact analysis (RIA) must be prepared for major rules with economically significant effects (
Executive Order 13771, titled "Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs," was issued on
Executive Order 13777, titled "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda," was issued on
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. Therefore, the regulatory flexibility analysis provided for under the Regulatory Flexibility Act is not required.
Paperwork Reduction Act
This action does not affect any information collections.
Dated:
Administrator,
Approved:
Alex M. Azar II,
Secretary,
List of Subjects in 42 CFR Part 23
Health, Health professions.
For reasons set out in the preamble, and under the authority at 5 U.S.C. 301, HHS amends 42 CFR part 23 as follows:
PART 23--NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS
1. The authority citation for part 23 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Secs. 333, 338E(c), and 338C(e)(1), Public Health Service Act. 90 Stat. 2272, as amended, 95 Stat. 905, 97 Stat. 1345 (42 U.S.C. 254f et seq.), 95 Stat. 912 (42 U.S.C. 254p(c)), 95 Stat. 910 (42 U.S.C. 254n(e)(1)).
Subparts B and C [Removed]
2. Remove subpart B, consisting of SUBSEC 23.21 through 23.35, and subpart C, consisting of
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