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Freedom
of Information Act
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Electronic Reading Room
The 1996 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) mandate publicly accessible "electronic
reading rooms" with agency FOIA response materials
and other information routinely available to the public,
with electronic search and indexing features.
The following HRSA programs and databases have been
the subject of repeated FOIA requests:
- HHS Electronic
Reading Room -- includes Department policies,
manuals, speeches, and testimonies.
- State
Health Workforce Profiles -- current data on
supply, demand, distribution, education and use
of physicians, nurses, dentists and 20 other health
professionals in each state and the District of
Columbia.
- Health Professional
Shortage Areas (HPSA)
- Office of Pharmacy
Affairs -- administers the Section 340B drug
discount program, under which certain federally
funded grantees have access to low-cost pharmaceutical
drugs.
- National
Practitioner Data Bank -- facilitates interaction
with authorized health care organizations and to
increase public awareness of the NPDB's efforts
to improve the quality of health care in the United
States.
- National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program -- Congress
enacted the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program (VICP) as a no-fault alternative to the
tort system for resolving claims resulting from
adverse reactions to mandated childhood vaccines.
- Hill-Burton
Free Care Program -- Free hospital care, nursing
home care, and care provided in other types of health
facilities under the Hill-Burton Program.
Additional records will be added to this page as required.
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