Proposed Rules. Request for information
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Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Action: Request for information
Citation: FR Doc. 2011-13908
Summary
In accordance with Executive Order 13563, “Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,” the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks public comment from interested parties on its Preliminary Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing Regulations. The purpose of the Preliminary Plan is to identify a preliminary list of regulations that are appropriate candidates for review over the next two years and establish an ongoing process of retrospective review of existing regulations by which HHS can determine whether any should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed. HHS anticipates that such reviews will make its regulatory program more effective and flexible and reduce unnecessary burdens on the regulated communities.
Dates
Submit electronic or written comments by June 30, 2011.
Supplementary Information
On January 18, 2011, President Obama issued Executive Order 13563 to improve regulation and regulatory review by requiring Federal agencies to design cost effective, evidence-based regulations that are compatible with economic growth, job creation, and competitiveness, and which rely on the best, most innovative, and least burdensome tools to achieve regulatory ends. To meet that objective, the President directed each Executive Branch agency to consider how best to promote periodic retrospective review of existing significant rules to determine if they are outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively burdensome. The President required each agency to submit its preliminary plan to the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs by May 18, 2011. HHS submitted its preliminary plan in compliance with the President's Executive Order and now seeks public comment. The plan is available for viewing, downloading, and comment at the following Web site— comment period will close on June 30, after which HHS will finalize its preliminary plan. HHS notes that this request for comment is issued solely for information and program-planning purposes and does not obligate the agency to take any further action. Dated: June 1, 2011. Barbara J. Holland, Deputy Executive Secretary to the Department. [FR Doc. 2011-13908 Filed 6-1-11; 4:15 pm]